Denial of service vulnerability in the ASTERIX dissector in Wireshark via a malformed packet - CVE-2017-5596| ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:38873 | Date: (C)2017-01-27 (M)2022-10-10 |
| Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
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 ASTERIX 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: |
| Microsoft Windows 11 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
| Microsoft Windows Vista |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
| Microsoft Windows 7 |
| Microsoft Windows 10 |
