CVE-2023-2879

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-2879
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-05-26 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-10-20 17:52:00 UTC
DescriptionGDSDB 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

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 12.0 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
2023/CVE-2023-2879.json · master · GitLab.org / cves · GitLab CONFIRM gitlab.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5429-1 wireshark DEBIAN www.debian.org
Wireshark: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202309-02) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Fuzz job crash output: fuzz-2023-05-13-7062.pcap (#19068) · Issues · Wireshark Foundation / wireshark · GitLab MISC gitlab.com
Wireshark • wnpa-sec-2023-14 GDSDB dissector infinite loop MISC www.wireshark.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 3443-1] wireshark security update MLIST lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 181823 Debian Security Update for wireshark (DLA 3443-1)
  • 181872 Debian Security Update for wireshark (DSA 5429-1)
  • 355402 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for wireshark : ALAS2023-2023-197
  • 710745 Gentoo Linux Wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202309-02)
  • 754263 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for wireshark (SUSE-SU-2023:3252-1)
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