Bug 1441976 (CVE-2017-7747) - CVE-2017-7747 wireshark: PacketBB dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2017-18)
Summary: CVE-2017-7747 wireshark: PacketBB dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2017-18)
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-7747
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: 1441981
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-04-13 08:46 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2021-02-17 02:20 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: wireshark 2.2.6, wireshark 2.0.12
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:10:27 UTC
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-04-13 08:46:42 UTC 
It was reported that Wireshark's PacketBB dissector could crash. 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=13559

External References:

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-18.html
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-04-13 08:49:34 UTC 
Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1441981]
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