CVE-2023-2855

NameCVE-2023-2855
DescriptionCandump log parser crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allows denial of service via crafted capture file
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-3906-1, DSA-5429-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
wireshark (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u19fixed
stretch (security)2.6.20-0+deb9u3fixed
stretch (lts), stretch2.6.20-0+deb10u9~deb9u1fixed
buster, buster (lts)2.6.20-0+deb10u9fixed
buster (security)2.6.20-0+deb10u8fixed
bullseye3.4.10-0+deb11u1vulnerable
bullseye (security)3.4.16-0+deb11u1fixed
bookworm4.0.17-0+deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)4.0.11-1~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie4.4.2-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
wiresharksourceexperimental4.0.6-1~exp1
wiresharksourcejessie(not affected)
wiresharksourcestretch(not affected)
wiresharksourcebuster(not affected)
wiresharksourcebullseye3.4.16-0+deb11u1DLA-3906-1
wiresharksourcebookworm4.0.6-1~deb12u1DSA-5429-1
wiresharksource(unstable)4.0.6-1

Notes

[buster] - wireshark <not-affected> (Candump support added in 3.2)
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-12.html
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19062
[stretch] - wireshark <not-affected> (Candump support added in 3.2)
[jessie] - wireshark <not-affected> (Candump support added in 3.2)

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