SB2017080859 - Input validation error in wireshark (Alpine package)
Published: August 8, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017080859
Severity
Medium
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) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11407)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.7 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.13, the MQ dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mq.c by validating the fragment length before a reassembly attempt.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=2a0bb1bc0f4b5fe959ffb880e4fc6c9813646d92
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=49f1447e7072d7cd1ffe2264b4957c9329c197c8
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=503430618f9e1c945ea229eeadfff168ecc16a59
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=9efd6940e9003328ec81bdb39bef7f46745e96dd