Bug 1441972 – CVE-2017-7705 wireshark: RPCoRDMA dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-15)

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Bug 1441972 - (CVE-2017-7705) CVE-2017-7705 wireshark: RPCoRDMA dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-15)

Summary:	CVE-2017-7705 wireshark: RPCoRDMA dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-15)

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2017-7705

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:	1441981
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Reported:	2017-04-13 04:45 EDT by Adam Mariš
Modified:	2018-06-21 04:52 EDT (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	wireshark 2.2.6, wireshark 2.0.12
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-04-13 04:45:36 EDT

It was reported that Wireshark's RPCoRDMA dissector 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=13558

External References:

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-15.html

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-04-13 04:49:12 EDT

Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1441981]

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