CVE-2017-13767

7.5 HIGH

Published: August 30, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

In Wireshark 2.4.0, 2.2.0 to 2.2.8, and 2.0.0 to 2.0.14, the MSDP dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-msdp.c by adding length validation.

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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/100549

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039254

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13933

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory

https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6f18ace2a2683418a9368a8dfd92da6bd8213e15

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-38.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100549