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Debian: CVE-2023-0668: wireshark -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2023-0668: wireshark -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/07/2023
Created
10/20/2023
Added
10/19/2023
Modified
10/19/2023

Description

Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted IEEE-C37.118 packet, Wireshark version 4.0.5 and prior, by default, is susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow, and possibly code execution in the context of the process running Wireshark.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-wireshark

References

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