packetBB dissector bug: More than 1000000 items in the tree -- possible infinite loop

This issue was migrated from bug 6687 in our old bug tracker.

Original bug information:

Reporter: Christopher Maynard
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: Wireshark
Component: GTK+ UI
OS: Windows XP
Platform: Other
Version: Git

Attachments:

packetbb_bug.cap: Capture file containing 1 packet with PacketBB bug.
bbEndlessLoop.patch: stop dissecting when a message has no tlvblock, patch against current svn

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