Denial of service in Wireshark - CVE-2017-9617
Published: June 20, 2017 / Updated: March 24, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7130
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9617
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to memory exhaustion when processing malicious files. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted DAAP data, trigger an error in the dissect_daap_one_tag() function in 'epan/dissectors/packet-daap.c', consume excessive memory and cause the system to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
The weakness exists due to memory exhaustion when processing malicious files. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted DAAP data, trigger an error in the dissect_daap_one_tag() function in 'epan/dissectors/packet-daap.c', consume excessive memory and cause the system to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Affected software
Wireshark
Fedora
wireshark
Fedora
wireshark
How to mitigate CVE-2017-9617
Install update from vendor's website.
wireshark - addressed in versions 2.4.5-1.fc27, 2.4.5-1.fc28, 2.4.5-2.fc27, 2.4.5-2.fc28, 2.4.5-3.fc27, 2.4.5-3.fc28