CVE-2017-6469
published 2017-03-04CVE-2017-6469: In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is an LDSS dissector crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was…
PriorityP337high7.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
2.95%
85.7th percentile
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is an LDSS dissector crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ldss.c by ensuring that memory is allocated for a certain data structure.
Affected
8 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | wireshark | < wireshark 2.2.5+g440fd4d-2 (bookworm) | wireshark 2.2.5+g440fd4d-2 (bookworm) |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.2.5+g440fd4d-2 | 2.2.5+g440fd4d-2 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.2.5+g440fd4d-2 | 2.2.5+g440fd4d-2 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.2.5+g440fd4d-2 | 2.2.5+g440fd4d-2 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.2.5+g440fd4d-2 | 2.2.5+g440fd4d-2 |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.0.0 – 2.0.10 | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.2.0 – 2.2.4 | — |
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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Red Hat
wireshark: LDSS dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2017-03)
vendor_redhat·2017-03-03·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-6469 [HIGH] wireshark: LDSS dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2017-03)
wireshark: LDSS dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2017-03)
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is an LDSS dissector crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ldss.c by ensuring that memory is allocated for a certain data structure.
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-2017-6469: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is an LDSS dissector cras...
vendor_debian·2017·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-6469 [HIGH] CVE-2017-6469: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is an LDSS dissector cras...
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is an LDSS dissector crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ldss.c by ensuring that memory is allocated for a certain data structure.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2.2.5+g440fd4d-2)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2.2.5+g440fd4d-2)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2.2.5+g440fd4d-2)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2.2.5+g440fd4d-2)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2.2.5+g440fd4d-2)
GHSA
GHSA-3xhj-54c4-g444: In Wireshark 2
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2017-6469 [HIGH] CWE-20 GHSA-3xhj-54c4-g444: In Wireshark 2
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is an LDSS dissector crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ldss.c by ensuring that memory is allocated for a certain data structure.
OSV
CVE-2017-6469: In Wireshark 2
osv·2017-03-04·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-6469 [HIGH] CVE-2017-6469: In Wireshark 2
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is an LDSS dissector crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ldss.c by ensuring that memory is allocated for a certain data structure.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-6467 CVE-2017-6468 CVE-2017-6469 CVE-2017-6470 CVE-2017-6471 CVE-2017-6472 CVE-2017-6473 CVE-2017-6474 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2017-03-06·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-6467 [HIGH] CVE-2017-6467 CVE-2017-6468 CVE-2017-6469 CVE-2017-6470 CVE-2017-6471 CVE-2017-6472 CVE-2017-6473 CVE-2017-6474 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]
CVE-2017-6467 CVE-2017-6468 CVE-2017-6469 CVE-2017-6470 CVE-2017-6471 CVE-2017-6472 CVE-2017-6473 CVE-2017-6474 wireshark: various flaws [fedora-all]
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that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-6469 wireshark: LDSS dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2017-03)
bugzilla·2017-03-06·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-6469 [HIGH] CVE-2017-6469 wireshark: LDSS dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2017-03)
CVE-2017-6469 wireshark: LDSS dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2017-03)
It was reported that Wireshark's LDSS dissector could crash. 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=13346
External References:
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-03.html
Discussion:
Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1429592]
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96577https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13346https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4f753c127082d5e28abf482d6d175cbfee6661f7https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-03.htmlhttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96577https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13346https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4f753c127082d5e28abf482d6d175cbfee6661f7https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-03.html
2017-03-04
Published