CVE-2017-6469

wireshark: LDSS dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2017-03)

Published Mar 4, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 3.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is an LDSS dissector crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ldss.c by ensuring that memory is allocated for a certain data structure.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-858-1 wireshark security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3811-1 wireshark security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-15526 In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is an LDSS dissector crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ldss.c by ensuring that memory is allocated for a certain data structure.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.007}

epss

{'score': 0.00704}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 3:33 PM
Reserved
Mar 3, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 4, 2017, 3:59 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:22 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Mar 3, 2017, 12:00 AM