CVE-2023-6174

Out-of-bounds Read in Wireshark

CVE-2023-6174 is fixed in 5 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2023-6174, released November 16, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine

CVSS

6.5

medium

Exploitation

None reported

No vendor assessment

CISA KEV

Not listed

Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

EPSS

0.0075

55th percentile

This update for wireshark fixes the following issues: wireshark was updated from version 3.6.23 to version 4.2.6 (jsc#PED-8517): - Security issues fixed with this update: * CVE-2024-0207: HTTP3 dissector crash (bsc#1218503) * CVE-2024-0210: Zigbee TLV dissector crash (bsc#1218506) * CVE-2024-0211: DOCSIS dissector crash (bsc#1218507) * CVE-2023-6174: Fixed SSH dissector crash (bsc#1217247) * CVE-2023-6175: NetScreen file parser crash (bsc#1217272) * CVE-2023-5371: RTPS dissector memory leak (bsc#1215959) * CVE-2023-3649: iSCSI dissector crash (bsc#1213318) * CVE-2023-2854: BLF file parser crash (bsc#1211708) * CVE-2023-0666: RTPS dissector crash (bsc#1211709) * CVE-2023-0414: EAP dissector crash (bsc#1207666) - Major changes introduced with versions 4.2.0 and 4.0.0: * Version 4.2.0 https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.0.html * Version 4.0.0 https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.0.0.html - Added an aditional desktopfile to start wireshark which asks for the super user password.

Where it's fixed

Product	Fixed in	Fix	Released
Linux
wireshark · Debian 12.15 (bookworm)	4.0.11-1~deb12u1	DEBIAN-CVE-2023-6174	Nov 16, 2023
wireshark · Debian 13.5 (trixie)	4.0.11-1	DEBIAN-CVE-2023-6174	Nov 16, 2023
wireshark · Debian 14	4.0.11-1	DEBIAN-CVE-2023-6174	Nov 16, 2023
wireshark · opensuse-leap 15.6	4.2.6-150600.18.6.1	SUSE-SU-2024:3165-1	Sep 9, 2024
wireshark · sles 15.6	4.2.6-150600.18.6.1	SUSE-SU-2024:3165-1	Sep 9, 2024
wireshark-cli · amzn 2023	1:4.0.8-2.amzn2023.0.3	ALAS2023-2023-440	Dec 6, 2023
wireshark-cli-debuginfo · amzn 2023	1:4.0.8-2.amzn2023.0.3	ALAS2023-2023-440	Dec 6, 2023
wireshark-debugsource · amzn 2023	1:4.0.8-2.amzn2023.0.3	ALAS2023-2023-440	Dec 6, 2023
wireshark-devel · amzn 2023	1:4.0.8-2.amzn2023.0.3	ALAS2023-2023-440	Dec 6, 2023

Details

Published
November 16, 2023
Weakness
Out-of-bounds Read
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Vendor advisory
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6174

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