Bug 1429580 (CVE-2017-6472) - CVE-2017-6472 wireshark: RTMPT dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-04)
Summary: CVE-2017-6472 wireshark: RTMPT dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-04)
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-6472
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: 1429592
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-03-06 16:17 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2021-02-17 02:30 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: wireshark 2.2.5, wireshark 2.0.11
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:08:34 UTC
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-03-06 16:17:12 UTC
It was reported that Wireshark's RTMPT 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=13347

External References:

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-04.html

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-03-06 16:22:37 UTC
Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1429592]


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