CVE-2017-9345

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.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.8 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98798	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038612	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=1206	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13633	Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e280c9b637327a65d132bfe72d917b87e6844eb5
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-26.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98798	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038612	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=1206	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13633	Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e280c9b637327a65d132bfe72d917b87e6844eb5
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-26.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-06-02 05:29

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-9345

Mitre link : CVE-2017-9345

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-9345

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wireshark

wireshark

CWE

CWE-835

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

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