Alpine: tshark, multiple wireshark packages: security update to 2.2.4-r0 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400914

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- In Wireshark 2.2.4 and earlier, a crafted or malformed STANAG 4607 capture file will cause an infinite
loop and memory exhaustion. If the packet size field in a packet header is null, the offset to read from
will not advance, causing continuous attempts to read the same zero length packet. This will quickly
exhaust all system memory. (CVE-2017-6014)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 400914

Version: Revision 1.23

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-6014

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/22/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/17/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-6014

BID: 96284

IAVB: 2017-B-0027-S

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