Input validation error in Debian Linux - CVE-2017-11409
Published: July 18, 2017 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33783
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11409
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
In Wireshark 2.0.0 to 2.0.13, the GPRS LLC dissector could go into a large loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-gprs-llc.c by using a different integer data type.
Affected software
Debian Linux
wireshark (Alpine package)
wireshark (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2017-11409
Install update from vendor's website.
wireshark (Alpine package) - update to 2.0.14-r0
External References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99914
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038966
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13603
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=57b83bbbd76f543eb8d108919f13b662910bff9a
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-37.html