Several issues in wireshark, a tool that captures and analyzes packets off the wire, have been found by different people. These are basically issues with length checks or invalid memory access in different dissectors. This could result in infinite loops or crashes by malicious packets.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u16.

We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.7 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.13, the DOCSIS dissector could go into an infinite loop. This     was addressed in plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c by rejecting invalid Frame Control parameter values.
    (CVE-2017-11406)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

This update to Wireshark 2.2.8 fixes some minor vulnerabilities could be used to trigger dissector crashes, infinite loops, or cause excessive use of memory resources by making Wireshark read specially crafted packages from the network or a capture file :

  - CVE-2017-7702,CVE-2017-11410: WBMXL dissector infinite     loop (wnpa-sec-2017-13)

  - CVE-2017-9350,CVE-2017-11411: openSAFETY dissector     memory exhaustion (wnpa-sec-2017-28)

  - CVE-2017-11408: AMQP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2017-34)

  - CVE-2017-11407: MQ dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2017-35)

  - CVE-2017-11406: DOCSIS infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-36)

This wireshark update to version 2.2.8 fixes the following issues:
Security issues fixed :

  - CVE-2017-11411: The openSAFETY dissectorcould crash or     exhaust system memory because of missing length     validation. (bsc#1049621)

  - CVE-2017-11410: The WBXML dissector could go into an     infinite loop. (bsc#1049255)

  - CVE-2017-11408: The AMQP dissector could crash.
    (bsc#1049255)

  - CVE-2017-11407: The MQ dissector could crash.
    (bsc#1049255)

  - CVE-2017-11406: The DOCSIS dissector could go into an     infinite loop. (bsc#1049255)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is 2.0.x prior to 2.0.14 or 2.2.x prior to 2.2.8. It is, therefore, affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities :

  - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the DAAP     dissector, specifically in the dissect_daap_one_tag()     function within file epan/dissectors/packet-daap.c. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to     exhaust stack resources through uncontrolled recursion.
    (CVE-2017-9617)

  - An infinite loop condition exists in the DOCSIS     dissector, specifically in the dissect_docsis() function     within file plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a     specially crafted packet or packet trace, to consume     available CPU resources, resulting in a denial of     service condition. (CVE-2017-11406)

  - A memory allocation issue exists in the MQ dissector,     specifically in the reassemble_mq() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-mq.c, due to improper validation     of fragment lengths before attempting reassembly. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a     specially crafted packet or packet trace, to cause a     denial of service condition. (CVE-2017-11407)

  - A flaw exists in the AMQP dissector, specifically in     the get_amqp_1_0_value_formatter() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-amqp.c, when decoding lists.
    An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this,     via a specially crafted packet or packet trace, to cause     a stack overflow, resulting in a denial of service     condition. (CVE-2017-11408)

  - A large loop condition exists in the GPRS LLC dissector,     specifically in the llc_gprs_dissect_xid() function     within file epan/dissectors/packet-gprs-llc.c, when     handling specially crafted packet or trace files. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to     cause a denial of service condition. Note that this     issue only applies to version 2.0.x. (CVE-2017-11409)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Rebase to the newest upstream version in 2.2.X line containing only bug fixes.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is 2.0.x prior to 2.0.14 or 2.2.x prior to 2.2.8. It is, therefore, affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities :

  - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the DAAP     dissector, specifically in the dissect_daap_one_tag()     function within file epan/dissectors/packet-daap.c. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to     exhaust stack resources through uncontrolled recursion.
    (CVE-2017-9617)

  - An infinite loop condition exists in the DOCSIS     dissector, specifically in the dissect_docsis() function     within file plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a     specially crafted packet or packet trace, to consume     available CPU resources, resulting in a denial of     service condition. (CVE-2017-11406)

  - A memory allocation issue exists in the MQ dissector,     specifically in the reassemble_mq() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-mq.c, due to improper validation     of fragment lengths before attempting reassembly. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a     specially crafted packet or packet trace, to cause a     denial of service condition. (CVE-2017-11407)

  - A flaw exists in the AMQP dissector, specifically in     the get_amqp_1_0_value_formatter() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-amqp.c, when decoding lists.
    An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this,     via a specially crafted packet or packet trace, to cause     a stack overflow, resulting in a denial of service     condition. (CVE-2017-11408)

  - A large loop condition exists in the GPRS LLC dissector,     specifically in the llc_gprs_dissect_xid() function     within file epan/dissectors/packet-gprs-llc.c, when     handling specially crafted packet or trace files. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to     cause a denial of service condition. Note that this     issue only applies to version 2.0.x. (CVE-2017-11409)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
121193	Debian DLA-1634-1 : wireshark security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	1/16/2019	6/26/2024	high
220202	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-11406	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	3/4/2025	high
101970	openSUSE Security Update : Wireshark (openSUSE-2017-840)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	7/26/2017	1/19/2021	high
102189	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2017:2032-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	8/4/2017	1/19/2021	high
101897	Wireshark 2.0.x < 2.0.14 / 2.2.x < 2.2.8 Multiple DoS (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	7/21/2017	7/14/2018	high
102190	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2017:2033-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	8/4/2017	1/6/2021	high
102248	Fedora 26 : wireshark (2017-f1f3dafb50)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	8/8/2017	1/6/2021	high
101898	Wireshark 2.0.x < 2.0.14 / 2.2.x < 2.2.8 Multiple DoS	Nessus	Windows	7/21/2017	8/7/2018	high

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