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7.5high

CVE-2017-7705

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the RPC over RDMA dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.7%
percentile 86%
Public exploits
0
none known

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the RPC over RDMA dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-rpcrdma.c by correctly checking for going beyond the maximum offset.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.71% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.07.8AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition

References

  • bugs.wireshark.org /bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13558 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • code.wireshark.org /review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=08d392bbecc8fb666bf979e70a34536007b83ea2 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/97630 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1038262 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201706-12 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • wireshark.org /security/wnpa-sec-2017-15.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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