CVE-2017-11408 Denial of service in n/a
A flaw in the AMQP dissector allows attackers to crash Wireshark by sending malformed packets, requiring users to upgrade to a patched version.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-11408?
CVE-2017-11408 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 18 Jul 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.7 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.13, the AMQP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-amqp.c by checking for successful list dissection.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-11408?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2017-11408?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-11408 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-11408 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2017-11408, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11408, GHSA-mp2f-25wx-mmj7, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11408.