Improper input validation in Wireshark - CVE-2017-15190
Published: November 3, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9118
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15190
CWE-ID: CWE-20
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 insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can inject a malformed packet onto the wire or convince the victim into reading a malformed packet trace file and cause the RTSP dissector to crash.
The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can inject a malformed packet onto the wire or convince the victim into reading a malformed packet trace file and cause the RTSP dissector to crash.
Affected software
Wireshark
Arch Linux
Fedora
wireshark
Arch Linux
Fedora
wireshark
How to mitigate CVE-2017-15190
Update to version 2.4.2 or later.
wireshark - update to 2.4.2-1.fc27