CVE-2017-7700

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.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.51%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory wireshark.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13478 patch issue tracking
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-14.html vendor advisory
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8fc0af859de4993951a915ad735be350221f3f53
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.html third party advisory mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97631 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038262 third party advisory vdb entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-12 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-7700?
CVE-2017-7700 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-7700?
To fix CVE-2017-7700, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-7700 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2017-7700 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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