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Bug 1415965 - (CVE-2017-5597) CVE-2017-5597 wireshark: DHCPv6 large loop (wnpa-sec-2017-02)
CVE-2017-5597 wireshark: DHCPv6 large loop (wnpa-sec-2017-02)
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=moderate,public=20170123,repor...
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Depends On: 1415967
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Reported: 2017-01-24 04:33 EST by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2017-02-17 04:16 EST (History)
6 users (show)

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Fixed In Version: wireshark 2.2.4, wireshark 2.0.10
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-01-24 04:33:33 EST
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 04:37:32 EST
Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1415967]

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