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Debian: CVE-2017-11411: wireshark -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-11411: wireshark -- security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
07/18/2017
Created
07/31/2024
Added
07/30/2024
Modified
07/30/2024

Description

In Wireshark through 2.0.13 and 2.2.x through 2.2.7, the openSAFETY dissector could crash or exhaust system memory. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-opensafety.c by adding length validation. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-9350.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-wireshark

References

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