vulnerability

Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2023-2879: Important priority package update for wireshark

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
May 26, 2023
Added
Feb 17, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025

Description

GDSDB infinite loop in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
A vulnerability was found in wireshark. This issue occurs in the GDSDB dissector, and could go into an infinite loop. It may be possible to make Wireshark consume excessive CPU resources by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

Solutions

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