Bug 2165846 (CVE-2023-0417)

Summary: CVE-2023-0417 wireshark: NFS dissector memory leak
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: TEJ RATHI <trathi>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: fhrdina, mruprich
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Fixed In Version: wireshark 4.0.3, wireshark 3.6.11 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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A flaw was found in the NFS dissector of Wireshark. This issue occurs when decoding malformed packets from a pcap file or from the network, causing excessive consumption of resources, resulting in a Denial of Service.
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Bug Depends On: 2168702, 2169504, 2169505    
Bug Blocks: 2165003    

Description TEJ RATHI 2023-01-31 09:09:19 UTC
Memory leak in the NFS dissector in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.2 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.10 and allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file.

References:
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-02.html
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/18628
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-0417.json

Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-02-09 19:24:08 UTC
Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2168702]