In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the ASTERIX dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-asterix.c by changing a data type to avoid an integer overflow.
                
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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
    | Source | ID | Title | 
|---|---|---|
  Debian DLA | 
                DLA-858-1 | wireshark security update | 
  Debian DSA | 
                DSA-3811-1 | wireshark security update | 
  EUVD | 
                EUVD-2017-14695 | In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the ASTERIX dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-asterix.c by changing a data type to avoid an integer overflow. | 
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T15:04:15.346Z
Reserved: 2017-01-25T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-5596
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2017-01-25T21:59:00.137
Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Link: CVE-2017-5596
                        OpenCVE Enrichment
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 Debian DLA
 Debian DSA
 EUVD