CVE-2017-11409

7.5 HIGH

Published: July 18, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

In Wireshark 2.0.0 to 2.0.13, the GPRS LLC dissector could go into a large loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-gprs-llc.c by using a different integer data type.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99914

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038966

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13603

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory

https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=57b83bbbd76f543eb8d108919f13b662910bff9a

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-37.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99914