CVE-2017-17085
Description
In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.2 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.10, the CIP Safety dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-cipsafety.c by validating the packet length.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Wireshark 2.4.0 < 2.4.2 / 2.2.0 < 2.2.10 - CIP Safety Dissector Crash
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | 9.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.4.3-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.4.3-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.4.3-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.4.3-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.4.3-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.2.0 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.2.1 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.2.2 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.2.3 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.2.4 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.2.5 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.2.6 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.2.7 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.2.8 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.2.9 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.2.10 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.4.0 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.4.1 | |
| wireshark | wireshark | 2.4.2 | |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102071
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14250
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f5939debe96e3c3953c6020818f1fbb80eb83ce8
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00029.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4060
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43233/
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-49.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17085.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17085
CWEs
CWE-754
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.