Memory leak in Wireshark - CVE-2023-4513

Vulnerability identifier: #VU79930

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-2023-4513

CWE-ID: CWE-401

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak in Bluetooth SDP dissector. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.

Wireshark
Amazon Linux AMI
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 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
Anolis OS
Fedora
wireshark-devel
wireshark-debuginfo
wireshark-debugsource
wireshark-help
wireshark
wireshark-ui-qt
libwiretap12-debuginfo
libwireshark15
libwireshark15-debuginfo
libwsutil13
libwiretap12
libwsutil13-debuginfo
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo
wireshark-cli
wireshark-doc

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-debuginfo - 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-ui-qt - update to 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1
wireshark-debuginfo - update to 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1
libwiretap12-debuginfo - update to 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1
libwireshark15 - update to 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1
wireshark-debugsource - update to 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1
libwireshark15-debuginfo - update to 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1
wireshark - update to 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1
libwsutil13 - update to 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1
libwiretap12 - update to 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1
libwsutil13-debuginfo - update to 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1
wireshark-ui-qt-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
wireshark - update to 4.0.10-1
wireshark-cli - update to 4.0.10-1
wireshark-devel - update to 4.0.10-1
wireshark-doc - update to 4.0.10-1

• https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-25.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
• Anolis OS update for wireshark