CVE-2017-17083

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    CVE-2017-17083

    Published: 1 Dec 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.2 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.10, the NetBIOS dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-netbios.c by ensuring that write operations are bounded by the beginning of a buffer.

    References: https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=79768d63d14fbce6bf7fb4d4a1c86be0c5205eb3, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00029.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102029, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4060, https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-48.html, https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14249

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 5368c50be46d4a44986d12bdfc0a35b42c0f34fc
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.2.0
    2.2.1
    2.2.10
    2.2.2
    2.2.3
    2.2.4
    2.2.5
    2.2.6
    2.2.7
    2.2.8
    2.2.9

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High