Infinite Loop Vulnerability in Wireshark 3.0.0 IEEE 802.11 Dissector

Infinite Loop Vulnerability in Wireshark 3.0.0 IEEE 802.11 Dissector

CVE-2019-10897 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

In Wireshark 3.0.0, the IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c by detecting cases in which the bit offset does not advance.

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