Denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark via packet injection or crafted capture file - CVE-2023-2879ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:90201 | Date: (C)2023-06-02 (M)2023-12-11 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
The host is installed with Wireshark 3.6.0 before 3.6.14 or 4.0.0 before 4.0.6 and is prone to a denial of service vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application, which fails to properly handle the issue in GDSDB dissector infinite loop. Successful exploitation allows attackers to crash Wireshark by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.
Platform: |
Microsoft Windows 11 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
Microsoft Windows 7 |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
Microsoft Windows Server |