Wireshark up to 4.0.5 RTPS Dissector denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Wireshark up to 4.0.5. This impacts an unknown function of the component RTPS Dissector. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2023-0666. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Wireshark up to 4.0.5 (Packet Analyzer Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component RTPS Dissector. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was presented 05/30/2023 as wnpa-sec-2023-18. The advisory is shared at wireshark.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-0666 since 02/03/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 207910 (Debian dla-3906 : libwireshark-data - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 4.0.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (207910). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 207910
Nessus Name: Debian dla-3906 : libwireshark-data - security update

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Wireshark 4.0.6

Timelineinfo

02/03/2023 🔍
05/30/2023 +115 days 🔍
05/30/2023 +0 days 🔍
01/07/2025 +588 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: wireshark.org

Advisory: wnpa-sec-2023-18
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-0666 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-0666
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-230173

Entryinfo

Created: 05/30/2023 06:55
Updated: 01/07/2025 19:42
Changes: 05/30/2023 06:55 (40), 06/22/2023 01:03 (1), 06/22/2023 01:16 (11), 10/02/2024 19:09 (17), 01/07/2025 19:42 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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