SB2017061399 - Denial of service in wireshark (Alpine package)
Published: June 13, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017061399
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9353)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the IPv6 dissector due to improper validation of an IPv6 address. A remote attacker can inject a malformed packet epan/dissectors/packet-ipv6.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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=429bab63b290e2cd8589f4f83a4c369c72460450
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=c1e7edb9240a8c3d0893da2c7e6b098117459a5d
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=e60cdc58fdbbe1c315e9327497e04e61dd8bd4b4
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=012e5b8ddaa5ad3353e0df651fd6b2f2097705ab