Gentoo update for Wireshark

Published: 2024-02-04

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2023-5371 CVE-2023-6174
CWE-ID	CWE-401 CWE-400
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Gentoo Linux Operating systems & Components / Operating system net-analyzer/wireshark Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	Gentoo

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Memory leak

EUVDB-ID: #VU81495

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5371

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the RTPS dissector. A remote attacker can send specially crafted traffic to the system and perform a denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.
net-analyzer/wireshark to version: 4.0.11

Vulnerable software versions

Gentoo Linux: All versions

net-analyzer/wireshark: before 4.0.11

CPE2.3

External links

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-09

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU83211