CVE-2017-6473

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-6473
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-04 03:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:49:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a K12 file parser crash, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed in wiretap/k12.c by validating the relationships between lengths and offsets.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

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
Application Wireshark Wireshark All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3811-1 wireshark DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2017-09 · K12 file parser crash CONFIRM www.wireshark.org Vendor Advisory
13431 – Fuzzed K12 file causes invalid read in k12.c CONFIRM bugs.wireshark.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Wireshark 'k12.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/commit CONFIRM code.wireshark.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/commit code.wireshark.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501299 Alpine Linux Security Update for wireshark

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