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Vulnerability Details : CVE-2017-7704

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5, the DOF dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dof.c by using a different integer data type and adjusting a return value.
Publish Date : 2017-04-12 Last Update Date : 2019-10-03
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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

CVSS Score
7.8
Confidentiality Impact None (There is no impact to the confidentiality of the system.)
Integrity Impact None (There is no impact to the integrity of the system)
Availability Impact Complete (There is a total shutdown of the affected resource. The attacker can render the resource completely unavailable.)
Access Complexity Low (Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. Very little knowledge or skill is required to exploit. )
Authentication Not required (Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.)
Gained Access None
Vulnerability Type(s)
CWE ID 835

- Products Affected By CVE-2017-7704

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 Application Wireshark Wireshark 2.2.0 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
2 Application Wireshark Wireshark 2.2.1 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
3 Application Wireshark Wireshark 2.2.2 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
4 Application Wireshark Wireshark 2.2.3 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
5 Application Wireshark Wireshark 2.2.4 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
6 Application Wireshark Wireshark 2.2.5 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
Wireshark Wireshark 6

- References For CVE-2017-7704

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038262
SECTRACK 1038262
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13453 CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97634
BID 97634 Wireshark DOF Dissector 'packet-dof.c' Infinite Loop Denial of Service Vulnerability Release Date:2017-06-07
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=6032b0fe5fc1176ab77e03e20765f95fbd21b19e CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-12
GENTOO GLSA-201706-12
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=da53a90b6895e47e03c5de05edf84bd99d535fd8 CONFIRM
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-17.html CONFIRM

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2017-7704

There are not any metasploit modules related to this CVE entry (Please visit www.metasploit.com for more information)
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