Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-0411 - Excessive Iteration vulnerability in Wireshark

CVSS 6.5 - MEDIUM

Attack vector

NETWORK

Attack complexity

LOW

Privileges required

NONE

Confidentiality impact

NONE

Integrity impact

NONE

Availability impact

HIGH

network

low complexity

wireshark

CWE-834

NVD

Published: 2023-01-26

Updated: 2023-02-09

Summary

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

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
Application	Wireshark Wireshark Wireshark 3.6.0 Wireshark Wireshark 3.6.1 Wireshark Wireshark 3.6.2 Wireshark Wireshark 3.6.3 Wireshark Wireshark 3.6.4 Wireshark Wireshark 3.6.5 Wireshark Wireshark 3.6.6 Wireshark Wireshark 3.6.7 Wireshark Wireshark 3.6.8 Wireshark Wireshark 3.6.10 Wireshark Wireshark 4.0.0 Wireshark Wireshark 4.0.1	12

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-834 - Excessive Iteration

References

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-06.html
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/18737
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/18711
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-0411.json
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/18720
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00007.html