CVE-2023-2879
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.3 · CWE-835
6.3CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
GDSDB infinite loop in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactLow
Integrity impactLow
Availability impactLow
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19068 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19068Patch
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-14.htmlAdvisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2879.jsonAdvisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00004.htmlAdvisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5429Advisory