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Wireshark : CVE-2018-7323 : Large or infinite loops in multiple dissectors

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Wireshark : CVE-2018-7323 : Large or infinite loops in multiple dissectors

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/23/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/26/2018
Modified
03/05/2018

Description

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.4 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.12, epan/dissectors/packet-wccp.c had a large loop that was addressed by ensuring that a calculated length was monotonically increasing.

Solution(s)

  • wireshark-upgrade-2_2_13
  • wireshark-upgrade-2_4_5

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