vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-17997: NULL Pointer Dereference
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Dec 30, 2017 | Feb 20, 2018 | Aug 8, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Dec 30, 2017
Added
Feb 20, 2018
Modified
Aug 8, 2025
Description
In Wireshark before 2.2.12, the MRDISC dissector misuses a NULL pointer and crashes. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mrdisc.c by validating an IPv4 address. This vulnerability is similar to CVE-2017-9343.
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-wireshark
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