CVE-2017-5596
wireshark - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.73%
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the ASTERIX dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-asterix.c by changing a data type to avoid an integer overflow.
How to fix CVE-2017-5596
To remediate CVE-2017-5596, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.2.4-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 2.2.4+gcc3dc1b-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u7 or later
- —upgrade to 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11 or later
Is CVE-2017-5596 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 2.2.4-r0
- from 0, < 2.2.4+gcc3dc1b-1
- from 0, < 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u7
- from 0, < 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11
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 |