Bug 1415965 (CVE-2017-5597) - CVE-2017-5597 wireshark: DHCPv6 large loop (wnpa-sec-2017-02)
Summary: CVE-2017-5597 wireshark: DHCPv6 large loop (wnpa-sec-2017-02)
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-5597
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1415967
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-01-24 09:33 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2021-02-17 02:44 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: wireshark 2.2.4, wireshark 2.0.10
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Last Closed: 2017-02-17 09:16:57 UTC
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-01-24 09:33:33 UTC 
It was reported that Wireshark's DHCPv6 could loop infinitely. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

Upstream bug(s):

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13345

External References:

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-02.html
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-01-24 09:37:32 UTC 
Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1415967]
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