CVE-2017-9351

Publication date 2 June 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

Description

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the DHCP dissector could read past the end of a buffer. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-bootp.c by extracting the Vendor Class Identifier more carefully.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
wireshark 18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.6.3-1~ubuntu18.04.1
17.10 artful
Fixed 2.2.6+g32dac6a-2
17.04 zesty
Fixed 2.2.6+g32dac6a-2ubuntu0.17.04
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 2.2.6+g32dac6a-2ubuntu0.16.10
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.6.3-1~ubuntu16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.6.3-1~ubuntu14.04.1

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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