CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-5597

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

In Wireshark versions 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the DHCPv6 dissector could enter a large loop triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed by changing a data type to avoid an integer overflow.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, potentially leading to a disruption of network services.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Wireshark to the latest version to eliminate this vulnerability and minimize the risk associated with packet injection.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the DHCPv6 dissector could go into a large loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dhcpv6.c by changing a data type to avoid an integer overflow.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS