Infinite loop in Wireshark - CVE-2023-2952

Vulnerability identifier: #VU76498

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-2023-2952

CWE-ID: CWE-835

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 infinite loop within the XRA dissector. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application, consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.

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

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-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.6.0-1, 3.6.14-1
wireshark-devel - addressed in versions 3.6.0-1, 3.6.14-1
wireshark-help - addressed in versions 3.6.0-1, 3.6.14-1
wireshark-debugsource - addressed in versions 3.6.0-1, 3.6.14-1
wireshark - addressed in versions 3.6.0-1, 3.6.14-1
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo - update to 3.6.15-150000.3.97.1
wireshark-debugsource - update to 3.6.15-150000.3.97.1
libwiretap12-debuginfo - update to 3.6.15-150000.3.97.1
wireshark-ui-qt - update to 3.6.15-150000.3.97.1
libwiretap12 - update to 3.6.15-150000.3.97.1
libwsutil13-debuginfo - update to 3.6.15-150000.3.97.1
wireshark - update to 3.6.15-150000.3.97.1
wireshark-devel - update to 3.6.15-150000.3.97.1
libwsutil13 - update to 3.6.15-150000.3.97.1
wireshark-debuginfo - update to 3.6.15-150000.3.97.1
libwireshark15-debuginfo - update to 3.6.15-150000.3.97.1
libwireshark15 - update to 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

• https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-20.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Wireshark
• Debian update for wireshark
• SUSE update for wireshark
• Gentoo update for Wireshark
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for wireshark
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Linux
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for wireshark
• openEuler 22.03 LTS update for wireshark
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP1 update for wireshark
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17
• Amazon Linux AMI update for wireshark
• Anolis OS update for wireshark