CVE-2023-2856 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

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.

The EPSS score is 0.00024.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Redhat	Enterprise 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:::::::*

Package	CPE	Advisory	Released Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
wireshark-1:2.6.2-17.el8	cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8	RHSA-2023:7015	2023-11-14T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
wireshark-1:3.4.10-6.el9	cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9	RHSA-2023:6469	2023-11-07T00:00:00Z

No data.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-2856.json
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19083
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00004.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2856
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-02
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2856
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5429
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-16.html

History

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:15:00 +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: 2025-01-15T15:42:36.029Z

Reserved: 2023-05-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2023-2856

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:33:05.820Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-26T21:15:17.913

Modified: 2025-01-15T16:15:27.407

Link: CVE-2023-2856

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-05-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-2856 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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