CVE-2023-0668

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-0668
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-06-07 03:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-10-20 20:56:00 UTC
DescriptionDue to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted IEEE-C37.118 packet, Wireshark version 4.0.5 and prior, by default, is susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow, and possibly code execution in the context of the process running Wireshark.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 12.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Wireshark • wnpa-sec-2023-19 IEEE C37.118 Synchrophasor dissector crash MISC www.wireshark.org
Wireshark • Wireshark 4.0.6 Release Notes MISC www.wireshark.org
Wireshark: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202309-02) — Gentoo security MISC security.gentoo.org
IEEE-C37.118 parsing buffer overflow (#19087) · Issues · Wireshark Foundation / wireshark · GitLab MISC gitlab.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5429-1 wireshark MISC www.debian.org
CVE-2023-0668 • Austin Hackers Academy MISC takeonme.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 161124 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for wireshark (ELSA-2023-6469)
  • 181872 Debian Security Update for wireshark (DSA 5429-1)
  • 242380 Red Hat Update for wireshark (RHSA-2023:6469)
  • 355402 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for wireshark : ALAS2023-2023-197
  • 378522 Wireshark IEEE C37.118 Synchrophasor dissector crash Vulnerability (wnpa-sec-2023-19)
  • 710745 Gentoo Linux Wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202309-02)
  • 754056 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for wireshark (SUSE-SU-2023:2320-1)
  • 754263 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for wireshark (SUSE-SU-2023:3252-1)
  • 941355 AlmaLinux Security Update for wireshark (ALSA-2023:6469)
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