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.
                
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| References | () http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811 - | |
| References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95798 - | |
| References | () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037694 - | |
| References | () https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13345 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/19747/ - Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=57894f741f7cc98b46c9fdce7eee8256d2a4ae3f - | |
| References | () https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-02.html - Vendor Advisory | 
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Information
                Published : 2017-01-25 21:59
Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37
NVD link : CVE-2017-5597
Mitre link : CVE-2017-5597
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-5597
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Products Affected
                wireshark
- wireshark
CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-190
                        
            Integer Overflow or Wraparound
