CVE-2024-24479

NameCVE-2024-24479
DescriptionA Buffer Overflow in Wireshark before 4.2.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the wsutil/to_str.c, and format_fractional_part_nsecs components. NOTE: this is disputed by the vendor because neither release 4.2.0 nor any other release was affected.
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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+deb11u1fixed
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
wiresharksource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- wireshark <not-affected> (Did not affect any released version)
https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/c3720cff158c265dec2a0c6104b1d65954ae6bfd

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