In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the SLSK dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-slsk.c by adding checks for the remaining length.
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1634-1 wireshark security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-16721 In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the SLSK dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-slsk.c by adding checks for the remaining length.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:12:28.347Z

Reserved: 2017-04-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-7746

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-04-12T23:59:00.417

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-7746

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-04-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-7746 - Bugzilla

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