CVE-2023-3648: Kafka dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.6 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.14 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

PriorityP417medium5.5CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH

EPSS

0.25%

16.3th percentile

Kafka dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.6 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.14 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Affected

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	wireshark	< wireshark 4.0.11-1~deb12u1 (bookworm)	wireshark 4.0.11-1~deb12u1 (bookworm)
wireshark	wireshark	>= 0 < 3.4.16-0+deb11u1	3.4.16-0+deb11u1
wireshark	wireshark	>= 0 < 4.0.11-1~deb12u1	4.0.11-1~deb12u1
wireshark	wireshark	>= 0 < 4.0.7-1	4.0.7-1
wireshark	wireshark	>= 0 < 4.0.7-1	4.0.7-1
wireshark	wireshark	3.6.0 – 3.6.14	—
wireshark	wireshark	4.0.0 – 4.0.6	—
wireshark_foundation	wireshark	>= 3.6.0 < 3.6.15	3.6.15
wireshark_foundation	wireshark	>= 4.0.0 < 4.0.7	4.0.7

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

osv5.5MEDIUM

vendor_debian5.3MEDIUM

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