CVE-2017-11406
wireshark - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.2%
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.7 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.13, the DOCSIS dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c by rejecting invalid Frame Control parameter values.
How to fix CVE-2017-11406
To remediate CVE-2017-11406, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/wireshark—upgrade to 2.2.8-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 2.4.0-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u16 or later
Is CVE-2017-11406 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.2.8-r0
- from 0, < 2.4.0-1
- from 0, < 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u16
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |