CVE-2017-5596
published 2017-01-25CVE-2017-5596: In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the ASTERIX dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture…
PriorityP336high7.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
2.90%
85.5th percentile
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the ASTERIX dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-asterix.c by changing a data type to avoid an integer overflow.
Affected
19 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | wireshark | < wireshark 2.2.4+gcc3dc1b-1 (bookworm) | wireshark 2.2.4+gcc3dc1b-1 (bookworm) |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
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| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.2.4+gcc3dc1b-1 | 2.2.4+gcc3dc1b-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.2.4+gcc3dc1b-1 | 2.2.4+gcc3dc1b-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.2.4+gcc3dc1b-1 | 2.2.4+gcc3dc1b-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.2.4+gcc3dc1b-1 | 2.2.4+gcc3dc1b-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-4px5-pmpr-cw9x: In Wireshark 2
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2017-5596 [HIGH] CWE-190 GHSA-4px5-pmpr-cw9x: In Wireshark 2
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the ASTERIX dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-asterix.c by changing a data type to avoid an integer overflow.
OSV
CVE-2017-5596: In Wireshark 2
osv·2017-01-25·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-5596 [HIGH] CVE-2017-5596: In Wireshark 2
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the ASTERIX dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-asterix.c by changing a data type to avoid an integer overflow.
Red Hat
wireshark: ASTERIX infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-01)
vendor_redhat·2017-01-23·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-5596 [HIGH] CWE-835 wireshark: ASTERIX infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-01)
wireshark: ASTERIX infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-01)
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the ASTERIX dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-asterix.c by changing a data type to avoid an integer overflow.
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Will not fix
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Will not fix
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Will not fix
Debian
CVE-2017-5596: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the ASTERIX dissector could go i...
vendor_debian·2017·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-5596 [HIGH] CVE-2017-5596: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the ASTERIX dissector could go i...
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the ASTERIX dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-asterix.c by changing a data type to avoid an integer overflow.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2.2.4+gcc3dc1b-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2.2.4+gcc3dc1b-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2.2.4+gcc3dc1b-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2.2.4+gcc3dc1b-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2.2.4+gcc3dc1b-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5596 wireshark: ASTERIX infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-01)
bugzilla·2017-01-24·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-5596 [HIGH] CVE-2017-5596 wireshark: ASTERIX infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-01)
CVE-2017-5596 wireshark: ASTERIX infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-01)
It was reported that Wireshark's ASTERIX could loop infinitely. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.
Upstream bug(s):
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13344
External References:
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-01.html
Discussion:
Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1415967]
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5596 CVE-2017-5597 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2017-01-24·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-5596 [HIGH] CVE-2017-5596 CVE-2017-5597 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]
CVE-2017-5596 CVE-2017-5597 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]
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that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
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NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported versions of Fedora. Whil
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95795http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037694https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13344https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/19746/https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=781f03580c81339513bb1238b202b72469a1240bhttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-01.htmlhttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95795http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037694https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13344https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/19746/https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=781f03580c81339513bb1238b202b72469a1240bhttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-01.html
2017-01-25
Published