Improper input validation in Wireshark - CVE-2017-11408

 

Improper input validation in Wireshark - CVE-2017-11408

Published: December 9, 2017 / Updated: December 12, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9650
CSH Severity: Low
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:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11408
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Wireshark.org
Affected software:
Wireshark

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in the AMQP dissector in epan/dissectors/packet-amqp.c when processing network packets. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted packet and crash the vulnerable application.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-11408

Update to version 2.2.8 or 2.0.14.

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