ELA-796-1 wireshark security update

denial of service

2023-02-08
Packagewireshark
Version2.6.20-0+deb9u4 (stretch)
Related CVEs CVE-2022-4345 CVE-2023-0411 CVE-2023-0412 CVE-2023-0413 CVE-2023-0415 CVE-2023-0417


Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark, a network traffic analyzer. An attacker could cause a denial of service (infinite loop or application crash) via packet injection or a crafted capture file.

CVE-2022-4345

Infinite loops in the BPv6, OpenFlow, and Kafka protocol dissectors in
Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.9 allows denial of service via
packet injection or crafted capture file

CVE-2023-0411

Excessive loops in multiple dissectors in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.2 and
3.6.0 to 3.6.10 and allows denial of service via packet injection or
crafted capture file

CVE-2023-0412

TIPC dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.2 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.10 and
allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

CVE-2023-0413

Dissection engine bug in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.2 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.10
and allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture
file

CVE-2023-0415

iSCSI dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.2 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.10
and allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture
file

CVE-2023-0417

Memory leak in the NFS dissector in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.2 and 3.6.0
to 3.6.10 and allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted
capture file


For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 2.6.20-0+deb9u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.

Further information about Extended LTS security advisories can be found in the dedicated section of our website.