Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2024-0207

 

Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2024-0207

Published: January 4, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU84973
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-2024-0207
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 within the HTTP3 dissector. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Wireshark
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
wireshark-devel
wireshark-debuginfo
libwiretap14
wireshark
wireshark-ui-qt
libwireshark17
libwsutil15-debuginfo
libwsutil15
libwireshark17-debuginfo
libwiretap14-debuginfo
wireshark-debugsource
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo

How to mitigate CVE-2024-0207

Install updates from vendor's website.

Wireshark - update to 4.2.1
wireshark-devel - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
wireshark-debuginfo - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
libwiretap14 - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
wireshark - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
wireshark-ui-qt - update to 4.2.6-150600.18.6.1
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

External References

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