QID 355407

Date Published: 2023-06-14

QID 355407: Amazon Linux Security Advisory for wireshark : ALAS2023-2023-199

Memory exhaustion in the kafka protocol dissector in wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.9 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (cve-2022-4344) infinite loops in the bpv6, openflow, and kafka protocol dissectors in wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.9 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (cve-2022-4345) rpcordma dissector crash in wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.4 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.12 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (cve-2023-1992) lisp dissector large loop in wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.4 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.12 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (cve-2023-1993) gquic dissector crash in wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.4 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.12 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (cve-2023-1994)



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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a securitybreach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.
  • Solution
    Please refer to Amazon advisory: ALAS2023-2023-199 for affected packages and patching details, or update with your package manager.
    Vendor References
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    ALAS2023-2023-199 amazon linux 2023 URL Logo alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2023-199.html