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0.8.12: infinite loop with invalid icmp6 option values
santtu at ssh
Oct 12, 2000, 3:50 AM
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The packet-icmp6.c dissector can get into an infinite loop if a packet it
receives has ICMPv6 options with length field of zero (0).

This patch fixes the problem.

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santtu@iki.fi I have become death, destroyer of the worlds.

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Re: 0.8.12: infinite loop with invalid icmp6 option values [ In reply to ]
gram at xiexie
Oct 12, 2000, 7:58 AM
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On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 01:50:33PM +0300, Santeri Paavolainen wrote:
> The packet-icmp6.c dissector can get into an infinite loop if a packet it
> receives has ICMPv6 options with length field of zero (0).
>
> This patch fixes the problem.
>

Thanks. I've checked it in.

--gilbert

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