Vulnerability identifier: #VU39204
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
Wireshark
Server applications /
IDS/IPS systems, Firewalls and proxy servers
Vendor: Wireshark.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the WSP dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wsp.c by adding a length check.
Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
Wireshark: 2.0.0 - 2.0.11, 2.2.0 - 2.2.5
External links
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97628
http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13581
http://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=f55cbcde2c8f74b652add4450b0592082eb6acff
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-21.html
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.