CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-2952

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Published: May 30, 2023 | Modified: Oct 20, 2023
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
6.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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

Weakness

The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Wireshark Wireshark 3.6.0 (including) 3.6.14 (excluding)
Wireshark Wireshark 4.0.0 (including) 4.0.6 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat wireshark-1:2.6.2-17.el8 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 RedHat wireshark-1:3.4.10-6.el9 *
Wireshark Ubuntu bionic *
Wireshark Ubuntu kinetic *
Wireshark Ubuntu lunar *
Wireshark Ubuntu mantic *
Wireshark Ubuntu trusty *
Wireshark Ubuntu xenial *

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