CVE-2017-17083 — Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in Wireshark

CWE-754 — Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions7 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.9%
top 24.04%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
WiresharkDebian WiresharkDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedDec 1
Latest updateMay 14

Description

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.2 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.10, the NetBIOS dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-netbios.c by ensuring that write operations are bounded by the beginning of a buffer.

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 2.4.3-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 2.4.3-1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark14 versions+13

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-p23v-5hfj-7c87: In Wireshark 2↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2017-17083: In Wireshark 2↗2017-12-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: NetBIOS dissector crash↗2017-11-30
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Debian
CVE-2017-17083: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.2 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.10, the NetBIOS dissector could cra...↗2017
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-17083 wireshark: NetBIOS dissector crash↗2017-12-11
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-17083 CVE-2017-17084 CVE-2017-17085 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-12-11
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