Wireshark up to 3.6.19/4.0.11/4.2.0 GVCP Dissector recursion

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A vulnerability has been found in Wireshark up to 3.6.19/4.0.11/4.2.0 and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component GVCP Dissector. This manipulation causes recursion. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-0208. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Wireshark up to 3.6.19/4.0.11/4.2.0 (Packet Analyzer Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component GVCP Dissector. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a recursion vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-674. The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

GVCP dissector crash in Wireshark 4.2.0, 4.0.0 to 4.0.11, and 3.6.0 to 3.6.19 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

The weakness was presented 01/03/2024. The advisory is shared at wireshark.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-0208. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. 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 3.6.20, 4.0.12 or 4.2.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (207910). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Type

• Packet Analyzer Software

Name

• Wireshark

Version

• 3.6.0
• 3.6.1
• 3.6.2
• 3.6.3
• 3.6.4
• 3.6.5
• 3.6.6
• 3.6.7
• 3.6.8
• 3.6.9
• 3.6.10
• 3.6.11
• 3.6.12
• 3.6.13
• 3.6.14
• 3.6.15
• 3.6.16
• 3.6.17
• 3.6.18
• 3.6.19
• 4.0
• 4.0.0
• 4.0.1
• 4.0.2
• 4.0.3
• 4.0.4
• 4.0.5
• 4.0.6
• 4.0.7
• 4.0.8
• 4.0.9
• 4.0.10
• 4.0.11
• 4.1
• 4.2.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://www.wireshark.org/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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