Description
In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the DNS dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dns.c by trying to detect self-referencing pointers.
Published: 2017-06-02
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-18280 In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the DNS dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dns.c by trying to detect self-referencing pointers.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T17:02:44.355Z

Reserved: 2017-06-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-9345

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-06-02T05:29:00.310

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-9345

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-9345 - Bugzilla

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