CVE-2017-17935 (GCVE-0-2017-17935)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-12-27 07:00
Modified
2024-08-05 21:06
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The File_read_line function in epan/wslua/wslua_file.c in Wireshark through 2.2.11 does not properly strip '\n' characters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer underflow and application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers the attempted processing of an empty line.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102311Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14295Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttps://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/24997/Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=137ab7d5681486c6d6cc8faac4300b7cd4ec0cf1
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102311Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14295Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/24997/Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=137ab7d5681486c6d6cc8faac4300b7cd4ec0cf1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
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