Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20175596000
Revision Date:2017-01-25Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-5596 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - negligible.
Description: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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-5596
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
  • AND NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'wireshark' package in bionic is not affected (note: '2.2.4+gcc3dc1b-1').
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