Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2023-4512

Vulnerability identifier: #VU79932

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-2023-4512

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 CBOR 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 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 Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
Desktop Applications Module
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
Anolis OS
Fedora
wireshark-devel
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo
libwsutil13-debuginfo
libwiretap12
libwsutil13
wireshark
libwireshark15-debuginfo
wireshark-ui-qt
wireshark-debugsource
libwireshark15
libwiretap12-debuginfo
wireshark-debuginfo
wireshark-cli
wireshark-doc

Install updates from vendor's website.

Wireshark - update to 4.0.8
wireshark-devel - update to 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1
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 - 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-2023-23.html

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