CVE-2017-15189 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1, the DOCSIS dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c by adding decrements.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Wireshark	Wireshark

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:2.4.1:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101228
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14080
https://code.wireshark.org/review/23663
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=625bab309d9dd21db2d8ae2aa3511810d32842a8
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15189
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15189
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-46.html

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-10-10T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:50:16.219Z

Reserved: 2017-10-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-15189

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-10-10T21:29:00.273

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-15189

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-15189 - Bugzilla

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