| Name | CVE-2023-2857 |
| Description | BLF file parser crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allows denial of service via crafted capture file |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-5429-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| wireshark (PTS) | bullseye | 3.4.10-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| 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 | 4.4.2-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[bullseye] - wireshark <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[buster] - wireshark <not-affected> (BLF support added in 3.6)
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-13.html
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19063
Introduced after: https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/commit/796819c955b9dd508d73bb640d56c2625f866862 (v3.5.0)