Bug 1472769 (CVE-2017-11409) - CVE-2017-11409 wireshark: GPRS LLC dissector large loop. (wnpa-sec-2017-37)
Summary: CVE-2017-11409 wireshark: GPRS LLC dissector large loop. (wnpa-sec-2017-37)
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-11409
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Reported: 2017-07-19 11:36 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2021-02-17 01:53 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: wireshark 2.0.14
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:16:59 UTC
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-07-19 11:36:47 UTC 
It was reported that Wireshark's GPRS LLC 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=13603

External References:

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-37.html
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