CVE-2017-7704

NameCVE-2017-7704
DescriptionIn Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5, the DOF dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dof.c by using a different integer data type and adjusting a return value.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
wireshark (PTS)bullseye3.4.10-0+deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)3.4.16-0+deb11u1fixed
bookworm4.0.17-0+deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)4.0.11-1~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie4.4.2-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
wiresharksourcewheezy(not affected)
wiresharksourcejessie(not affected)
wiresharksource(unstable)2.2.6+g32dac6a-1

Notes

[jessie] - wireshark <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[wheezy] - wireshark <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-17.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13453
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=6032b0fe5fc1176ab77e03e20765f95fbd21b19e
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=da53a90b6895e47e03c5de05edf84bd99d535fd8

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