CVE-2023-2879 — Infinite Loop in Wireshark

CWE-835 — Infinite Loop6 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
CNA6.3
EPSS
0.1%
top 70.22%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
WiresharkWireshark Foundation WiresharkDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedMay 26

Description

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

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDwireshark/wireshark3.6.0 — 3.6.14+1
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 3.4.16-0+deb11u1+3
▶CVEListV5wireshark_foundation/wireshark>=3.6.0, <3.6.14, >=4.0.0, <4.0.6+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 12.0

Patches

Patch: gitlab.com ↗Patch: gitlab.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
CVEList
CVE-2023-2879: GDSDB infinite loop in Wireshark 4↗2023-05-26
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GHSA
GHSA-pp5p-jjp7-mh7c: GDSDB infinite loop in Wireshark 4↗2023-05-26
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OSV
CVE-2023-2879: GDSDB infinite loop in Wireshark 4↗2023-05-26
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: infinite loop in GDSDB dissector↗2023-05-26
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Debian
CVE-2023-2879: wireshark - GDSDB infinite loop in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allows denia...↗2023
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