CVE-2017-15189 Information

Description

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1 the DOCSIS dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c by adding decrements.

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/101228 https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14080 https://code.wireshark.org/review/23663 https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=625bab309d9dd21db2d8ae2aa3511810d32842a8 https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-46.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