Denial of service vulnerability in the DHCPv6 dissector in Wireshark via a malformed packet - CVE-2017-5597 (Mac OS X)| ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:38845 | Date: (C)2017-01-27 (M)2022-10-10 |
| Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: macos |
The host is installed with Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.10 or 2.2.x before 2.2.4 and is prone to a denial of service vulnerability. A flaw is present in the DHCPv6 dissector, which fails to properly handle a malformed capture file. Successful exploitation could allow remote attackers to force the application into a large loop, triggered by packet injection.
| Platform: |
| Apple Mac OS 12 |
| Apple Mac OS 11 |
| Apple Mac OS X 10.15 |
| Apple Mac OS X 10.14 |
| Apple Mac OS X 10.13 |
| Apple Mac OS X 10.10 |
| Apple Mac OS X 10.11 |
| Apple Mac OS X 10.12 |
| Apple Mac OS X Server 10.10 |
| Apple Mac OS X Server 10.11 |
| Apple Mac OS X Server 10.12 |
