CVE-2017-6472
published 2017-03-04CVE-2017-6472: In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is an RTMPT dissector infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was…
PriorityP336high7.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
2.62%
83.8th percentile
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is an RTMPT dissector infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-rtmpt.c by properly incrementing a certain sequence value.
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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GHSA
GHSA-q2pp-5wrh-vp88: In Wireshark 2
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2017-6472 [HIGH] CWE-835 GHSA-q2pp-5wrh-vp88: In Wireshark 2
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is an RTMPT dissector infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-rtmpt.c by properly incrementing a certain sequence value.
OSV
CVE-2017-6472: In Wireshark 2
osv·2017-03-04·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-6472 [HIGH] CVE-2017-6472: In Wireshark 2
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is an RTMPT dissector infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-rtmpt.c by properly incrementing a certain sequence value.
Red Hat
wireshark: RTMPT dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-04)
vendor_redhat·2017-03-03·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-6472 [HIGH] wireshark: RTMPT dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-04)
wireshark: RTMPT dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-04)
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is an RTMPT dissector infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-rtmpt.c by properly incrementing a certain sequence value.
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-2017-6472: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is an RTMPT dissector inf...
vendor_debian·2017·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-6472 [HIGH] CVE-2017-6472: wireshark - In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is an RTMPT dissector inf...
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is an RTMPT dissector infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-rtmpt.c by properly incrementing a certain sequence value.
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)
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-2017-6472 wireshark: RTMPT dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-04)
bugzilla·2017-03-06·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-6472 [HIGH] CVE-2017-6472 wireshark: RTMPT dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-04)
CVE-2017-6472 wireshark: RTMPT dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-04)
It was reported that Wireshark's RTMPT dissector 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=13347
External References:
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-04.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/96571https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13347https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b3a0909beff8963b390034c594e0b6be6a4e531https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-04.htmlhttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96571https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13347https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2b3a0909beff8963b390034c594e0b6be6a4e531https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-04.html
2017-03-04
Published