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Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2023-2952: Important priority package update for wireshark

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
May 23, 2023
Added
Feb 17, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025

Description

XRA dissector 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 flaw was found in the XRA dissector of Wireshark. This issue occurs when decoding malformed packets from a pcap file or from the network, causing an infinite loop, resulting in a denial of service.

Solutions

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