NVD

CVE-2017-6471 Detail

Current Description

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.

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Severity

CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 7.5 HIGH

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96564	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13348	Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=62afef41277dfac37f515207ca73d33306e3302b	Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-05.html	Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	NIST

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Change History

4 change records found show changes

Modified Analysis 3/13/2019 1:41:42 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::
Changed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 899 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.4::::::: cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.5::::::: cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.6::::::: cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.7::::::: cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.8::::*	OR cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark::::::::* versions from (including) 2.0.0 up to (including) 2.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark::::::::* versions from (including) 2.2.0 up to (including) 2.2.4
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811 No Types Assigned	http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96564 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96564 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13348 Issue Tracking	https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13348 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=62afef41277dfac37f515207ca73d33306e3302b Issue Tracking, Patch	https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=62afef41277dfac37f515207ca73d33306e3302b Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory

Initial Analysis 3/06/2017 2:20:06 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		Record truncated, showing 500 of 899 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.10::::::: cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.4::::::: cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.5::::::: cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.6::::::: cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.0.7::::
Added	CVSS V2		(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Added	CVSS V3		AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Added	CWE		CWE-20
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13348 No Types Assigned	https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13348 Issue Tracking
Changed	Reference Type	https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=62afef41277dfac37f515207ca73d33306e3302b No Types Assigned	https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=62afef41277dfac37f515207ca73d33306e3302b Issue Tracking, Patch
Changed	Reference Type	https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-05.html No Types Assigned	https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-05.html Vendor Advisory

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-6471
NVD Published Date:
03/03/2017
NVD Last Modified:
03/13/2019
Source:
MITRE

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