UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17935

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17935

    Published: 27 Dec 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-17935

    Summary:

    Details: The File_read_line function in epan/wslua/wslua_file.c in Wireshark through 2.2.11 does not properly strip '\n' characters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer underflow and application crash) via a crafted packet that triggers the attempted processing of an empty line.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17935, https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14295, https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/24997/, https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=137ab7d5681486c6d6cc8faac4300b7cd4ec0cf1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17935

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wireshark

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~ubuntu14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.6.3-1~ubuntu14.04.1

    Affected versions

    1.10.2-1
    1.10.3-1
    1.10.5-1ubuntu1
    1.10.5-2
    1.10.6-1

    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