CBOR dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.6 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
Weakness
The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wireshark | Wireshark | 4.0.0 (including) | 4.0.7 (including) |
| Wireshark | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Wireshark | Ubuntu | lunar | * |
| Wireshark | Ubuntu | mantic | * |
| Wireshark | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Wireshark | Ubuntu | trusty/esm | * |
| Wireshark | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Wireshark | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
References
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19144
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-23.html
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19144
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6HCUPLDY7HLPO46PHMGIJSUBJFTT237C/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L4AVRUYSHDNEAJILVSGY5W6MPOMG2YRF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TRKHFQPWFU7F3OXTL6IEIQSJG6FVXZTZ/
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-23.html