Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2023-0416

 

Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2023-0416

Published: January 19, 2023 / Updated: February 10, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU71339
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-0416
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the GNW dissector. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted traffic to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Wireshark
Amazon Linux AMI
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Oracle Solaris
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime Extension
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
wireshark-debugsource
wireshark-help
wireshark-devel
wireshark-debuginfo
wireshark
libwireshark15-debuginfo
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo
wireshark-ui-qt
libwsutil13-debuginfo
libwsutil13
libwiretap12-debuginfo
libwiretap12
libwireshark15

How to mitigate CVE-2023-0416

Install updates from vendor's website.

Wireshark - addressed in versions 3.6.11, 4.0.3
wireshark-debugsource - update to 3.6.11-1
wireshark-help - update to 3.6.11-1
wireshark-devel - update to 3.6.11-1
wireshark-debuginfo - update to 3.6.11-1
wireshark - update to 3.6.11-1
libwireshark15-debuginfo - update to 3.6.11-150000.3.83.1
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo - update to 3.6.11-150000.3.83.1
wireshark-ui-qt - update to 3.6.11-150000.3.83.1
wireshark-devel - update to 3.6.11-150000.3.83.1
wireshark-debugsource - update to 3.6.11-150000.3.83.1
wireshark-debuginfo - update to 3.6.11-150000.3.83.1
wireshark - update to 3.6.11-150000.3.83.1
libwsutil13-debuginfo - update to 3.6.11-150000.3.83.1
libwsutil13 - update to 3.6.11-150000.3.83.1
libwiretap12-debuginfo - update to 3.6.11-150000.3.83.1
libwiretap12 - update to 3.6.11-150000.3.83.1
libwireshark15 - update to 3.6.11-150000.3.83.1
wireshark - update to 4.0.3-1

External References

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