DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5597

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5597
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5597.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5597
Upstream
Published
2017-01-25T21:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:21:51Z
Summary
[none]
Details

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the DHCPv6 dissector could go into a large loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dhcpv6.c by changing a data type to avoid an integer overflow.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.4+gcc3dc1b-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.4+gcc3dc1b-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.4+gcc3dc1b-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.4+gcc3dc1b-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}