Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2023-2856

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU76494

Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2023-2856

Published: May 25, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU76494
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-2023-2856
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 in VMS TCPIPtrace file parser. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Wireshark
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
Oracle Linux
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems
Anolis OS
Basesystem Module
Desktop Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
wireshark-devel
wireshark-cli
wireshark
wireshark (Red Hat package)
wireshark-debuginfo
wireshark-help
wireshark-debugsource
wireshark-ui-qt
libwiretap12
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo
libwiretap12-debuginfo
libwireshark15
libwsutil13
libwireshark15-debuginfo
libwsutil13-debuginfo
net-analyzer/wireshark
wireshark (Debian package)
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform

How to mitigate CVE-2023-2856

Install updates from vendor's website.

Wireshark - addressed in versions 3.6.14, 4.0.6
wireshark-devel - update to 2.6.2-17
wireshark-cli - update to 2.6.2-17
wireshark - update to 2.6.2-17
wireshark (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.6.2-17.el8, 3.4.10-6.el9
wireshark - addressed in versions 2.6.2-22, 3.6.11-4
wireshark-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.6.2-22, 3.6.11-4
wireshark-help - addressed in versions 2.6.2-22, 3.6.11-4
wireshark-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.6.2-22, 3.6.11-4
wireshark-devel - addressed in versions 2.6.2-22, 3.6.11-4
wireshark-ui-qt - addressed in versions 3.6.14-150000.3.92.1, 3.6.15-150000.3.97.1
wireshark-devel - addressed in versions 3.6.14-150000.3.92.1, 3.6.15-150000.3.97.1
libwiretap12 - addressed in versions 3.6.14-150000.3.92.1, 3.6.15-150000.3.97.1
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.6.14-150000.3.92.1, 3.6.15-150000.3.97.1
wireshark - addressed in versions 3.6.14-150000.3.92.1, 3.6.15-150000.3.97.1
wireshark-debugsource - addressed in versions 3.6.14-150000.3.92.1, 3.6.15-150000.3.97.1
libwiretap12-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.6.14-150000.3.92.1, 3.6.15-150000.3.97.1
wireshark-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.6.14-150000.3.92.1, 3.6.15-150000.3.97.1
libwireshark15 - addressed in versions 3.6.14-150000.3.92.1, 3.6.15-150000.3.97.1
libwsutil13 - addressed in versions 3.6.14-150000.3.92.1, 3.6.15-150000.3.97.1
libwireshark15-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.6.14-150000.3.92.1, 3.6.15-150000.3.97.1
libwsutil13-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.6.14-150000.3.92.1, 3.6.15-150000.3.97.1
net-analyzer/wireshark - update to 4.0.6
wireshark - update to 4.0.6-1
wireshark (Debian package) - update to 4.0.6-1~deb12u1
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - addressed in versions 4.13.45, 4.14.32, 4.14.33, 4.16.15, 4.17.0

External References

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