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Wireshark : CVE-2023-2906 : CP2179 dissector crash

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Wireshark : CVE-2023-2906 : CP2179 dissector crash

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/25/2023
Created
11/18/2023
Added
11/17/2023
Modified
11/17/2023

Description

Due to a failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted CP2179 packet, Wireshark versions 2.0.0 through 4.0.7 is susceptible to a divide by zero allowing for a denial of service attack.

Solution(s)

  • wireshark-upgrade-3_6_16
  • wireshark-upgrade-4_0_8

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