CVE-2017-15189 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Wireshark

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective LifetimeCWE-835 — Infinite Loop7 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 43.33%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkDebian Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedOct 10
Latest updateMay 13

Description

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1, the DOCSIS dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c by adding decrements.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wireshark< wireshark 2.4.2-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 2.4.2-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark2.4.0, 2.4.1+1

Patches

Patch: code.wireshark.org ↗Patch: code.wireshark.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-jxq9-fc2m-r42j: In Wireshark 2↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-15189: In Wireshark 2↗2017-10-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: DOCSIS infinite loop↗2017-10-10
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Debian
CVE-2017-15189: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1, the DOCSIS dissector could go into an infinite loop...↗2017
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-15189 wireshark: DOCSIS infinite loop↗2017-10-11
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-15189 CVE-2017-15190 CVE-2017-15191 CVE-2017-15192 CVE-2017-15193 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-10-11
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