Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the NetScaler file parser could go into an infinite loop, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed in wiretap/netscaler.c by ensuring a nonzero record size.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13478
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-14.html
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8fc0af859de4993951a915ad735be350221f3f53
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97631
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038262
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-12
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0051
EPSS Percentile
66.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-835
Status
published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux
8.0
wireshark/wireshark
2.0.0 - 2.0.11
Published
Apr 12, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026