CVE-2017-11406 Information

Description

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.7 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.13 the DOCSIS dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c by rejecting invalid Frame Control parameter values.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99903 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038966 https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13797 https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=250216263c3a3f2c651e80d9c6b3dc0adc53dc2c https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-36.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5