Wireshark denial of service | CVE-2023-2879
NAME
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Wireshark denial of service
Platforms Affected:
Wireshark Wireshark 3.6.0
Wireshark Wireshark 4.0.0
Wireshark Wireshark 3.6.13
Wireshark Wireshark 4.0.5
Risk Level:
7.5
Exploitability:
Unproven
Consequences:
Denial of Service
DESCRIPTION
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Wireshark is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an infinite loop flaw in the GDSDB dissector. By sending a specially crafted packet onto the wire, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume excessive CPU resources, and results in a denial of service condition.
CVSS 3.0 Information
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Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged
Access Vector:
Network
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