| Name | CVE-2023-0666 |
| Description | Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted RTPS 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3906-1, DSA-5429-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| wireshark (PTS) | bullseye | 3.4.10-0+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 3.4.16-0+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 4.0.17-0+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 4.0.11-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 4.4.3-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wireshark | source | experimental | 4.0.6-1~exp1 | |||
| wireshark | source | buster | (not affected) | |||
| wireshark | source | bullseye | 3.4.16-0+deb11u1 | DLA-3906-1 | ||
| wireshark | source | bookworm | 4.0.6-1~deb12u1 | DSA-5429-1 | ||
| wireshark | source | (unstable) | 4.0.6-1 |
[buster] - wireshark <not-affected> (vulnerable code introduced in 3.4)
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-18.html
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19085
Introduced by: https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/commit/77d94aea243c3eca2be4749fce3145218fdf8b29 (v3.3.0)