Bug 1429581 – CVE-2017-6471 wireshark: WSP infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-05)

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Bug 1429581 - (CVE-2017-6471) CVE-2017-6471 wireshark: WSP infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-05)

Summary:	CVE-2017-6471 wireshark: WSP infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-05)

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2017-6471

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Depends On:	1429592
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Reported:	2017-03-06 11:17 EST by Adam Mariš
Modified:	2018-06-21 05:14 EDT (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	wireshark 2.2.5, wireshark 2.0.11
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-03-06 11:17:30 EST

It was reported that Wireshark's WSP 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=13348

External References:

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-05.html

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-03-06 11:22:44 EST

Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1429592]

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