PT-2023-21818 · Wireshark+2 · Wireshark+2

Huáscar + 1 · Published 2023-05-26 · Updated 2025-01-15 · CVE-2023-2857

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark versions 3.6.0 through 3.6.13 Wireshark versions 4.0.0 through 4.0.5

Description The issue is related to a crash in the BLF file parser, which can be exploited to cause a denial of service via a crafted capture file.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 3.6.0 through 3.6.13, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. For Wireshark versions 4.0.0 through 4.0.5, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of crafted capture files until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2023-1938

ALT-PU-2023-1971

ALT-PU-2023-1976

ALT-PU-2023-5823

ALT-PU-2023-6556

CVE-2023-2857

DSA-5429-1

OESA-2023-1321

OESA-2023-1322

OPENSUSE-SU-2023_3252-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12958-1

ROSA-SA-2024-2388

SUSE-SU-2023:2320-1

SUSE-SU-2023:3252-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Wireshark

References · 50

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/2xxx/CVE-2023-2857.json · Exploit
• 🔥 https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19063 · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-2857 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2857 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2856 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2858 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2857 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-5429-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-13.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2023:2320-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2857 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2023-1322 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2855 · Security Note
• https://debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5429 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2857 · Security Note