CVE-2023-2879 (GCVE-0-2023-2879)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-05-26 00:00
Modified
2025-01-15 21:34
Severity ?
6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • Loop with unreachable exit condition ('infinite loop') in Wireshark
Summary
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
References
cve@gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2879.jsonThird Party Advisory
cve@gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19068Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@gitlab.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@gitlab.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02Third Party Advisory
cve@gitlab.comhttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5429Third Party Advisory
cve@gitlab.comhttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-14.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2879.jsonThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19068Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5429Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-14.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark Version: >=4.0.0, <4.0.6
Version: >=3.6.0, <3.6.14
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