# CVE-2017-6467: In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a Netscaler file parser infinite loop, triggered by a malformed capture file.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-03-04 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.4 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.10, there is a Netscaler file parser infinite loop, triggered by a malformed capture file. This was addressed in wiretap/netscaler.c by changing the restrictions on file size.

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## Related

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## References

- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12083
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=284ad58d288722a8725401967bff0c4455488f0c
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96561
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-11.html

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