Memory corruption in wireshark (Alpine package)



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2017-9350
CWE-ID CWE-119
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 wireshark (Alpine package)
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Alpine Linux Development Team

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Memory corruption

EUVDB-ID: #VU6912

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9350

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to memory corruption in the DICOM dissector when checking for a negative length. A remote attacker can inject a malformed packet epan/dissectors/packet-opensafety.c onto the wire or persuade the target user to read a malformed packet trace file and cause the application to crash.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

wireshark (Alpine package): 2.0.4-r0 - 2.0.12-r0

CPE2.3 External links

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=9a266b0bdb88c3710446f1c69818d9ecf8ce4d75
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=c391ebdf94fe2d08dd67176f88fa086e00472396
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=e60cdc58fdbbe1c315e9327497e04e61dd8bd4b4
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=012e5b8ddaa5ad3353e0df651fd6b2f2097705ab


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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