vulnerability
Wireshark : CVE-2017-9345 : DNS dissector infinite loop
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jun 2, 2017 | Oct 4, 2017 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jun 2, 2017
Added
Oct 4, 2017
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the DNS dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dns.c by trying to detect self-referencing pointers.
Solutions
wireshark-upgrade-2_0_13wireshark-upgrade-2_2_7
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