Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2023-3649

 

Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2023-3649

Published: August 9, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU79312
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-2023-3649
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 iSCSI dissector. 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
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
Basesystem Module
Desktop Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Anolis OS
wireshark-help
wireshark-debugsource
wireshark-debuginfo
wireshark-devel
wireshark
wireshark-doc
wireshark-cli
libwireshark17
libwsutil15-debuginfo
libwsutil15
libwireshark17-debuginfo
libwiretap14-debuginfo
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo
wireshark-ui-qt
libwiretap14

How to mitigate CVE-2023-3649

Install updates from vendor's website.

Wireshark - update to 4.0.7
wireshark-help - update to 3.6.14-3
wireshark-debugsource - update to 3.6.14-3
wireshark-debuginfo - update to 3.6.14-3
wireshark-devel - update to 3.6.14-3
wireshark - update to 3.6.14-3
wireshark - update to 4.0.7-1
wireshark-doc - update to 4.0.10-1
wireshark-devel - update to 4.0.10-1
wireshark-cli - update to 4.0.10-1
wireshark - update to 4.0.10-1
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
wireshark-ui-qt - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
wireshark - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
libwiretap14 - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
wireshark-debuginfo - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
wireshark-devel - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1

External References

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