Infinite loop in Debian Linux - CVE-2017-11406
Published: July 18, 2017 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33525
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11406
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Debian
Affected software:
Debian Linux
Debian Linux
Detailed vulnerability description
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 DOCSIS dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c by rejecting invalid Frame Control parameter values.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-11406
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99903
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038966
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13797
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=250216263c3a3f2c651e80d9c6b3dc0adc53dc2c
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-36.html