CVE-2017-5596
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2017-5596 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2017-01-25 21:59:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2023-11-07 02:49:00 UTC |
| Description | In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the ASTERIX dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-asterix.c by changing a data type to avoid an integer overflow. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-190 | CWE-835
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.0.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.2.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.2.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.0.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.2.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Wireshark | Wireshark | 2.2.3 | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/commit | code.wireshark.org | ||
| code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/commit | CONFIRM | code.wireshark.org | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3811-1 wireshark | DEBIAN | www.debian.org | |
| Gerrit Code Review | CONFIRM | code.wireshark.org | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2017-01 · ASTERIX infinite loop | CONFIRM | www.wireshark.org | Vendor Advisory |
| Bug 13344 – Fuzzed PCAP causing long runtime in dissect_asterix | CONFIRM | bugs.wireshark.org | Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Wireshark ASTERIX and DHCPv6 Dissector Bugs Let Remote Users Consume Excessive CPU Resources on the Target System - SecurityTracker | SECTRACK | www.securitytracker.com | |
| Wireshark CVE-2017-5596 ASTERIX Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability | BID | www.securityfocus.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.