SB20230818237 - Fedora 38 update for wireshark 

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SB20230818237 - Fedora 38 update for wireshark

Published: August 18, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB20230818237
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1992)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in RPC over RDMA dissector. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1993)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in LISP dissector. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


3) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1994)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in GQUIC dissector. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References