Out-of-bounds Write Affecting wireshark-cli package, versions <1:2.6.2-15.amzn2.0.2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-WIRESHARKCLI-5789129
  • published20 Jul 2023
  • disclosed7 Jun 2023

Introduced: 7 Jun 2023

CVE-2023-0667  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 wireshark-cli to version 1:2.6.2-15.amzn2.0.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-2113.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wireshark-cli package and not the wireshark-cli package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted MSMMS packet, Wireshark version 4.0.5 and prior, in an unusual configuration, is susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow, and possibly code execution in the context of the process running Wireshark

CVSS Scores

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