CVE-2017-6471

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a WSP infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wsp.c by validating the capability length.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-6471
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-03-04T03:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-03-13T17:41:42
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.0.0 2.0.10
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.2.0 2.2.4
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-05.html Vendor Advisory
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=62afef41277dfac37f515207ca73d33306e3302b Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13348 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96564 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6471
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6471
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:47:10 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 14:24:50 2017-03-04T03:59Z 2017-03-04T03:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 14:24:50 2019-03-13T17:41:42 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 14:24:50 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated