Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201755970000000
Revision Date:2017-01-25Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-5597 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - negligible.
Description:In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the DHCPv6 dissector could go into a large loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dhcpv6.c by changing a data type to avoid an integer overflow.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-5597
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND wireshark package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '2.2.6+g32dac6a-2ubuntu0.16.04').
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