CVE-2017-6014

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-6014
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-02-17 07:59:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Wireshark 2.2.4 and earlier, a crafted or malformed STANAG 4607 capture file will cause an infinite loop and memory exhaustion. If the packet size field in a packet header is null, the offset to read from will not advance, causing continuous attempts to read the same zero length packet. This will quickly exhaust all system memory.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3811-1 wireshark DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Wireshark CVE-2017-6014 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201706-12) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
13416 – memory exhausion/infinite loop via malformed STANAG 4607 capture file CONFIRM bugs.wireshark.org Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501298 Alpine Linux Security Update for wireshark
  • 710400 Gentoo Linux Wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201706-12)
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