CVE-2017-17997
published 2017-12-30CVE-2017-17997: In Wireshark before 2.2.12, the MRDISC dissector misuses a NULL pointer and crashes. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mrdisc.c by validating an…
PriorityP335high7.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
1.78%
75.9th percentile
In Wireshark before 2.2.12, the MRDISC dissector misuses a NULL pointer and crashes. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mrdisc.c by validating an IPv4 address. This vulnerability is similar to CVE-2017-9343.
Affected
7 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | wireshark | < wireshark 2.4.0-1 (bookworm) | wireshark 2.4.0-1 (bookworm) |
| wireshark | wireshark | <= 2.2.11 | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.4.0-1 | 2.4.0-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.4.0-1 | 2.4.0-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.4.0-1 | 2.4.0-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.4.0-1 | 2.4.0-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.07.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_debian7.5HIGH
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-rc73-pc24-f3rr: In Wireshark before 2
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-17997 [HIGH] CWE-476 GHSA-rc73-pc24-f3rr: In Wireshark before 2
In Wireshark before 2.2.12, the MRDISC dissector misuses a NULL pointer and crashes. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mrdisc.c by validating an IPv4 address. This vulnerability is similar to CVE-2017-9343.
OSV
CVE-2017-17997: In Wireshark before 2
osv·2017-12-30·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-17997 [HIGH] CVE-2017-17997: In Wireshark before 2
In Wireshark before 2.2.12, the MRDISC dissector misuses a NULL pointer and crashes. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mrdisc.c by validating an IPv4 address. This vulnerability is similar to CVE-2017-9343.
Red Hat
wireshark: Misuse of NULL pointer in MRDISC dissector
vendor_redhat·2017-12-29·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-17997 [HIGH] CWE-20 wireshark: Misuse of NULL pointer in MRDISC dissector
wireshark: Misuse of NULL pointer in MRDISC dissector
In Wireshark before 2.2.12, the MRDISC dissector misuses a NULL pointer and crashes. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mrdisc.c by validating an IPv4 address. This vulnerability is similar to CVE-2017-9343.
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Will not fix
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Will not fix
Debian
CVE-2017-17997: wireshark - In Wireshark before 2.2.12, the MRDISC dissector misuses a NULL pointer and cras...
vendor_debian·2017·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-17997 [HIGH] CVE-2017-17997: wireshark - In Wireshark before 2.2.12, the MRDISC dissector misuses a NULL pointer and cras...
In Wireshark before 2.2.12, the MRDISC dissector misuses a NULL pointer and crashes. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mrdisc.c by validating an IPv4 address. This vulnerability is similar to CVE-2017-9343.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2.4.0-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2.4.0-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2.4.0-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2.4.0-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2.4.0-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-17997 wireshark: Misuse of NULL pointer in MRDISC dissector
bugzilla·2018-01-04·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-17997 [HIGH] CVE-2017-17997 wireshark: Misuse of NULL pointer in MRDISC dissector
CVE-2017-17997 wireshark: Misuse of NULL pointer in MRDISC dissector
In Wireshark 2.2.11 and before, the MRDISC dissector misuses a NULL pointer. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mrdisc.c by validating an IPv4 address. This vulnerability is similar to CVE-2017-9343.
References:
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2017-17997
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14299
Discussion:
Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1530895]
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-17997 wireshark: Misuse of NULL pointer in MRDISC dissector [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-01-04·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-17997 [HIGH] CVE-2017-17997 wireshark: Misuse of NULL pointer in MRDISC dissector [fedora-all]
CVE-2017-17997 wireshark: Misuse of NULL pointer in MRDISC dissector [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported vers
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14299https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/25063/https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=80a695869c9aef2fb473d9361da068022be7cb50https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.htmlhttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-02.htmlhttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14299https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/25063/https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=80a695869c9aef2fb473d9361da068022be7cb50https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.htmlhttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-02.html
2017-12-30
Published