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Wireshark : CVE-2017-6468 : NetScaler file parser crash

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Wireshark : CVE-2017-6468 : NetScaler file parser crash

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/03/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/04/2017
Modified
11/06/2017

Description

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a NetScaler file parser crash, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed in wiretap/netscaler.c by validating the relationship between pages and records.

Solution(s)

  • wireshark-upgrade-2_0_11
  • wireshark-upgrade-2_2_5

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