Bug 2210824 (CVE-2023-2856)

Summary: CVE-2023-2856 wireshark: VMS TCPIPtrace file parser crash
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz <gsuckevi>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: fhrdina, mruprich
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Fixed In Version: wireshark 4.0.6, wireshark 3.6.14 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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A flaw was found in the VMS TCPIPtrace file parser of Wireshark. This issue occurs when decoding malformed packets from a pcap file or from the network, causing a buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service.
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Bug Depends On: 2210825, 2210865, 2210866    
Bug Blocks: 2209964    

Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-05-29 16:34:36 UTC
VMS TCPIPtrace file 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.

References:
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2856.json
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19083
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-16.html

Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2023-05-29 16:34:51 UTC
Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2210825]

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-07 08:16:52 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2023:6469 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6469

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-14 15:18:25 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2023:7015 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7015