CVE-2017-11411 Denial of service in n/a
A flaw in the openSAFETY dissector allows attackers to crash Wireshark or exhaust system memory via crafted packets.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-11411?
CVE-2017-11411 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 through 2.0.13 and 2.2.x through 2.2.7, the openSAFETY dissector could crash or exhaust system memory. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-opensafety.c by adding length validation. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-9350.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-11411?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2017-11411?
Apply the vendor's patch.
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-2017-11411 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-11411 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11411, GHSA-3g9v-2x9v-4j4g, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11411.