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CVE-2023-0413: 
Wireshark vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A dissection engine bug was discovered in Wireshark versions 4.0.0 to 4.0.2 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.10. The vulnerability was identified on January 18, 2023, and was assigned CVE-2023-0413. The issue affects the conversation tracking module in Wireshark's dissection engine (Wireshark Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from a bug in the conversation tracking module of Wireshark's dissection engine. The issue affects multiple dissectors that interact with this module, potentially leading to application crashes when processing certain network traffic (Wireshark Advisory, NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows for denial of service attacks against Wireshark installations. When exploited, it can cause the application to crash during packet processing, disrupting network traffic analysis capabilities (NVD, Debian LTS).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in Wireshark versions 4.0.3 and 3.6.11. Users are advised to upgrade to these or later versions to protect against this vulnerability. For Debian 10 (buster) users, the fix is available in version 2.6.20-0+deb10u5 (Wireshark Advisory, Debian LTS).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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