Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2023-0414

Vulnerability identifier: #VU71342

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-2023-0414

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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 EAP dissector. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted traffic to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Wireshark
Amazon Linux AMI
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
Oracle Solaris
Basesystem Module
Desktop Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
wireshark
wireshark-devel
wireshark-debuginfo
libwiretap14
wireshark-ui-qt
libwireshark17
libwsutil15-debuginfo
libwsutil15
libwireshark17-debuginfo
libwiretap14-debuginfo
wireshark-debugsource
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo

Install updates from vendor's website.

Wireshark - update to 4.0.3
wireshark - update to 4.0.3-1
wireshark-devel - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
wireshark-debuginfo - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
libwiretap14 - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
wireshark - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
wireshark-ui-qt - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
libwireshark17 - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
libwsutil15-debuginfo - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
libwsutil15 - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
libwireshark17-debuginfo - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
libwiretap14-debuginfo - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
wireshark-debugsource - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1

• https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-01.html
• https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/18622

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Wireshark
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Solaris
• Amazon Linux AMI update for wireshark
• SUSE update for wireshark