DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6471

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6471
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6471.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6471
Upstream
Published
2017-03-04T03:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:18Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a WSP infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wsp.c by validating the capability length.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.5+g440fd4d-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.5+g440fd4d-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.5+g440fd4d-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.5+g440fd4d-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}