Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2024-4853

Vulnerability identifier: #VU89576

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-4853

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 the editcap command line utility. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Wireshark
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
Basesystem Module
Desktop Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Fedora
wireshark-devel
libwscodecs1-debuginfo
wireshark
libwireshark9-debuginfo
libwsutil8-debuginfo
wireshark-gtk-debuginfo
libwiretap7
libwiretap7-debuginfo
libwireshark9
wireshark-debugsource
libwsutil8
wireshark-debuginfo
wireshark-gtk
libwscodecs1
wireshark-help
libwiretap12-debuginfo
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo
wireshark-ui-qt
libwireshark15-debuginfo
libwiretap12
libwsutil13
libwsutil13-debuginfo
libwireshark15

Install updates from vendor's website.

Wireshark - addressed in versions 3.6.23, 4.0.15, 4.2.5
wireshark-devel - addressed in versions 2.4.16-48.60.1, 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
libwscodecs1-debuginfo - update to 2.4.16-48.60.1
wireshark - addressed in versions 2.4.16-48.60.1, 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
libwireshark9-debuginfo - update to 2.4.16-48.60.1
libwsutil8-debuginfo - update to 2.4.16-48.60.1
wireshark-gtk-debuginfo - update to 2.4.16-48.60.1
libwiretap7 - update to 2.4.16-48.60.1
libwiretap7-debuginfo - update to 2.4.16-48.60.1
libwireshark9 - update to 2.4.16-48.60.1
wireshark-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.4.16-48.60.1, 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
libwsutil8 - update to 2.4.16-48.60.1
wireshark-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.4.16-48.60.1, 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
wireshark-gtk - update to 2.4.16-48.60.1
libwscodecs1 - update to 2.4.16-48.60.1
wireshark-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.6.14-8, 3.6.14-9
wireshark-debugsource - addressed in versions 3.6.14-8, 3.6.14-9
wireshark-devel - addressed in versions 3.6.14-8, 3.6.14-9
wireshark-help - addressed in versions 3.6.14-8, 3.6.14-9
wireshark - addressed in versions 3.6.14-8, 3.6.14-9
libwiretap12-debuginfo - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
wireshark-ui-qt - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
libwireshark15-debuginfo - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
libwiretap12 - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
libwsutil13 - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
libwsutil13-debuginfo - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
libwireshark15 - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
wireshark - addressed in versions 4.0.15-1.fc39, 4.2.5-1.fc40

• https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-08.html
• https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19724

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Wireshark
• Fedora 40 update for wireshark
• Fedora 39 update for wireshark
• openEuler update for wireshark
• openEuler 24.03 LTS update for wireshark
• SUSE update for wireshark
• SUSE update for wireshark