CVE-2023-2879 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

GDSDB infinite loop in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Wireshark	Wireshark

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark::::::::

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2879.json
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19068
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00004.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2879
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2879
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5429
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-14.html

History

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 22:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published: 2023-05-26T00:00:00

Updated: 2025-01-15T21:34:01.198Z

Reserved: 2023-05-25T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2023-2879

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:41:02.457Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-26T21:15:19.000

Modified: 2025-01-15T22:15:26.060

Link: CVE-2023-2879

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-05-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-2879 - Bugzilla

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