CVE-2023-2952
published 2023-05-30CVE-2023-2952: XRA dissector 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
PriorityP428medium6.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
1.09%
61.5th percentile
XRA dissector 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
Affected
11 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | wireshark | < wireshark 4.0.6-1~deb12u1 (bookworm) | wireshark 4.0.6-1~deb12u1 (bookworm) |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 3.4.16-0+deb11u1 | 3.4.16-0+deb11u1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 4.0.6-1~deb12u1 | 4.0.6-1~deb12u1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 4.0.6-1 | 4.0.6-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 4.0.6-1 | 4.0.6-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 3.6.0 < 3.6.14 | 3.6.14 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 4.0.0 < 4.0.6 | 4.0.6 |
| 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_debian5.3MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.3MEDIUM
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Red Hat
wireshark: XRA dissector infinite loop
vendor_redhat·2023-05-23·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2023-2952 [MEDIUM] CWE-835 wireshark: XRA dissector infinite loop
wireshark: XRA dissector infinite loop
XRA dissector 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
A flaw was found in the XRA dissector of Wireshark. This issue occurs when decoding malformed packets from a pcap file or from the network, causing an infinite loop, 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
Debian
CVE-2023-2952: wireshark - XRA dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allo...
vendor_debian·2023·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2023-2952 [MEDIUM] CVE-2023-2952: wireshark - XRA dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allo...
XRA dissector 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
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 4.0.6-1~deb12u1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 3.4.16-0+deb11u1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 4.0.6-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 4.0.6-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 4.0.6-1)
GHSA
GHSA-h2fj-p2f3-rmwc: XRA dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4
ghsa_unreviewed·2023-05-31
CVE-2023-2952 [MEDIUM] CWE-835 GHSA-h2fj-p2f3-rmwc: XRA dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4
XRA dissector 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
OSV
CVE-2023-2952: XRA dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4
osv·2023-05-30·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2023-2952 [MEDIUM] CVE-2023-2952: XRA dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4
XRA dissector 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
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2952.jsonhttps://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19100https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00004.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5429https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-20.htmlhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2952.jsonhttps://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19100https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00004.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5429https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-20.html
2023-05-30
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