Description
In Wireshark 2.4.0, 2.2.0 to 2.2.8, and 2.0.0 to 2.0.14, the MSDP dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-msdp.c by adding length validation.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6f18ace2a2683418a9368a8dfd92da6bd8213e15
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-38.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100549
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039254
Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13933
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0024
EPSS Percentile
46.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-20
CWE-835
Status
published
Products (23)
wireshark/wireshark
2.0.0
wireshark/wireshark
2.0.1
wireshark/wireshark
2.0.2
wireshark/wireshark
2.0.3
wireshark/wireshark
2.0.4
wireshark/wireshark
2.0.5
wireshark/wireshark
2.0.6
wireshark/wireshark
2.0.7
wireshark/wireshark
2.0.8
wireshark/wireshark
2.0.9
... and 13 more
Published
Aug 30, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026