Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2023-2906

Vulnerability identifier: #VU79929

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-2023-2906

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 in CP2179 protocol dissector. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Wireshark
Amazon Linux AMI
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
Desktop Applications Module
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Fedora
wireshark-devel
wireshark-debugsource
wireshark-help
wireshark
wireshark-debuginfo
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo
libwsutil13-debuginfo
libwiretap12
libwsutil13
libwireshark15-debuginfo
wireshark-ui-qt
libwireshark15
libwiretap12-debuginfo

Install updates from vendor's website.

Wireshark - addressed in versions 3.6.16, 4.0.8
wireshark-devel - update to 3.6.14-3
wireshark-debugsource - update to 3.6.14-3
wireshark-help - update to 3.6.14-3
wireshark - update to 3.6.14-3
wireshark-debuginfo - update to 3.6.14-3
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo - update to 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1
libwsutil13-debuginfo - update to 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1
libwiretap12 - update to 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1
libwsutil13 - update to 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1
wireshark - update to 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1
libwireshark15-debuginfo - update to 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1
wireshark-ui-qt - update to 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1
wireshark-debugsource - update to 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1
libwireshark15 - update to 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1
libwiretap12-debuginfo - update to 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1
wireshark-debuginfo - update to 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1
wireshark-devel - update to 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1
wireshark - update to 4.0.8-2
wireshark - addressed in versions 4.0.8-2.fc37, 4.0.8-2.fc38, 4.0.8-2.fc39

• https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-26.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Wireshark
• Fedora 37 update for wireshark
• Fedora 38 update for wireshark
• Fedora 39 update for wireshark
• SUSE update for wireshark
• openEuler update for wireshark
• Amazon Linux AMI update for wireshark