Bug 2235363 (CVE-2023-2906)

Summary: CVE-2023-2906 wireshark: possible Denial of Service via crafted package
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Marian Rehak <mrehak>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: dfreiber, dornelas, fhrdina, jburrell, mruprich, rogbas, vkumar
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A vulnerability was found in Wireshark. This security issue occurs due to a failure to validate the length an attacker-crafted CP2179 packet provides. This flaw leaves Wireshark susceptible to a divide-by-zero problem, allowing a denial of service attack.
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Bug Depends On: 2235364, 2235365, 2235366, 2235577    
Bug Blocks: 2235367    

Description Marian Rehak 2023-08-28 15:10:32 UTC
Due to a failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted CP2179 packet, Wireshark versions 2.0.0 through 4.0.7 is susceptible to a divide by zero allowing for a denial of service attack.

Comment 2 Sandipan Roy 2023-08-29 06:39:17 UTC
Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2235577]