| Name | CVE-2017-9345 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | high (attack range: remote) |
| Debian Bugs | 864058 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| wireshark (PTS) | jessie | 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u14 | vulnerable |
| jessie (security) | 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u18 | vulnerable | |
| stretch | 2.6.5-1~deb9u1 | fixed | |
| stretch (security) | 2.6.7-1~deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster | 2.6.7-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 2.6.8-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wireshark | source | (unstable) | 2.2.7-1 | low | 864058 |
[jessie] - wireshark <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - wireshark <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-26.html
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13633