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Arch Linux: 201707-28 Low Severity: Wireshark-CLI Denial Of Service

Archlinux Large Esm H500
The package wireshark-cli before version 2.2.8-1 is vulnerable to denial of service.
Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201707-28
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Severity: Low
Date    : 2017-07-26
CVE-ID  : CVE-2017-11406 CVE-2017-11407 CVE-2017-11408 CVE-2017-11410
          CVE-2017-11411
Package : wireshark-cli
Type    : denial of service
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-356

Summary
======
The package wireshark-cli before version 2.2.8-1 is vulnerable to
denial of service.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 2.2.8-1.

# pacman -Syu "wireshark-cli>=2.2.8-1"

The problems have been fixed upstream in version 2.2.8.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
- CVE-2017-11406 (denial of service)

A security issue has been found in the DOCSIS dissector of wireshark <2.2.7. A crafted packet could make wireshark go into an infinite loop,
causing a denial of service.

- CVE-2017-11407 (denial of service)

A security issue has been found in the MQ dissector of wireshark <2.2.7. A crafted packet could make wireshark try to allocate a huge
amount of memory, resulting in a denial of service.

- CVE-2017-11408 (denial of service)

A security issue has been found in the AMQP dissector of wireshark <2.2.7. A crafted packet could make wireshark overflow the stack by
getting into a infinite recursion loop, causing a denial of service.

- CVE-2017-11410 (denial of service)

A security issue has been found in the WBXML dissector of wireshark <2.2.7. A crafted packet could make wireshark go into an infinite loop,
causing a denial of service. This issue is the result of an incomplete
fix for CVE-2017-7702.

- CVE-2017-11411 (denial of service)

A security issue has been found in the openSAFETY dissector of
wireshark <= 2.2.7. A crafted packet could make wireshark allocate a
huge amount of memory, causing a denial of service. This issue is the
result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-9350.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker can cause a denial of service via a crafted network
packet or a crafted PCAP file.

References
=========
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.2.8.html
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-36.html
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/13797
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-35.html
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/13792
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-34.html
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/13780
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-13.html
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/13477
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/13796
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-28.html
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/13649
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/13755
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-11406
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-11407
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-11408
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-11410
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-11411

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