CVE-2023-0411
published 2023-01-26CVE-2023-0411: Excessive loops in multiple dissectors in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.2 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.10 and allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
PriorityP427medium6.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.89%
55.6th percentile
Excessive loops in multiple dissectors in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.2 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.10 and allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
Affected
9 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | wireshark | < wireshark 4.0.3-1 (bookworm) | wireshark 4.0.3-1 (bookworm) |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 3.4.16-0+deb11u1 | 3.4.16-0+deb11u1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 4.0.3-1 | 4.0.3-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 4.0.3-1 | 4.0.3-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 4.0.3-1 | 4.0.3-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | 3.6.0 – 3.6.10 | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | 4.0.0 – 4.0.2 | — |
| wireshark_foundation | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark_foundation | wireshark | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.16.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv6.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian6.3MEDIUM
vendor_redhat6.3MEDIUM
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Red Hat
wireshark: Multiple dissector excessive loops
vendor_redhat·2023-01-27·CVSS 6.3
CVE-2023-0411 [MEDIUM] CWE-834 wireshark: Multiple dissector excessive loops
wireshark: Multiple dissector excessive loops
Excessive loops in multiple dissectors in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.2 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.10 and allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
A flaw was found in the BPv6, NCP, and RTPS dissectors of Wireshark. This issue occurs when decoding malformed packets from a pcap file or from the network, causing excessive consumption of CPU resources due to excessive loops, resulting in a Denial of Service.
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Out of support scope
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Out of support scope
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Will not fix
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9) - Will not fix
Debian
CVE-2023-0411: wireshark - Excessive loops in multiple dissectors in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.2 and 3.6.0 to ...
vendor_debian·2023·CVSS 6.3
CVE-2023-0411 [MEDIUM] CVE-2023-0411: wireshark - Excessive loops in multiple dissectors in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.2 and 3.6.0 to ...
Excessive loops in multiple dissectors in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.2 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.10 and allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 4.0.3-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 3.4.16-0+deb11u1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 4.0.3-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 4.0.3-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 4.0.3-1)
GHSA
GHSA-q67r-2p55-6v2v: Excessive loops in multiple dissectors in Wireshark 4
ghsa_unreviewed·2023-01-26
CVE-2023-0411 [MEDIUM] CWE-834 GHSA-q67r-2p55-6v2v: Excessive loops in multiple dissectors in Wireshark 4
Excessive loops in multiple dissectors in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.2 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.10 and allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
OSV
CVE-2023-0411: Excessive loops in multiple dissectors in Wireshark 4
osv·2023-01-26·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2023-0411 [MEDIUM] CVE-2023-0411: Excessive loops in multiple dissectors in Wireshark 4
Excessive loops in multiple dissectors in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.2 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.10 and allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-0411.jsonhttps://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/18711https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/18720https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/18737https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00007.htmlhttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-06.htmlhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-0411.jsonhttps://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/18711https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/18720https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/18737https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00007.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.htmlhttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-06.html
2023-01-26
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