Wireshark ‘dissectors/asn1/ros/packet-ros-template.c’ Denial of Service Vulnerability
by CIRT Team
Description: In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6, the ROS dissector could crash with a NULL pointer dereference. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/asn1/ros/packet-ros-template.c by validating an OID.
Impact: Attackers can exploit this issue to crash the affected application, resulting in denial-of-service conditions.
Mitigation: Upgrade to Wireshark 2.2.7 or later.
Reference URL’s:
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98800/info
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9347
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-31.html
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