CVE-2023-2906 — Divide By Zero in Foundation Wireshark

CWE-369 — Divide By ZeroCWE-396 — Declaration of Catch for Generic Exception7 documents7 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 56.21%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WiresharkWireshark Foundation Wireshark
Timeline
PublishedAug 25

Description

Due to a failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted CP2179 packet, Wireshark versions 2.0.0 through 4.0.7 is susceptible to a divide by zero allowing for a denial of service attack.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 3.4.16-0+deb11u1+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark2.0.0 — 4.0.7
▶CVEListV5wireshark_foundation/wireshark2.0.0 — 4.0.7

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-hhx4-xmf9-97g5: Due to a failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted CP2179 packet, Wireshark versions 2↗2023-08-25
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CVEList
Wireshark CP2179 divide by zero↗2023-08-25
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OSV
CVE-2023-2906: Due to a failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted CP2179 packet, Wireshark versions 2↗2023-08-25
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
wireshark: possible Denial of Service via crafted package↗2023-08-25
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Microsoft
Wireshark CP2179 divide by zero↗2023-08-08
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Debian
CVE-2023-2906: wireshark - Due to a failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted CP2179...↗2023
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