CVE catalog
CVE-2023-2858
wireshark: CVE-2023-2858
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.79% · Oct 25, 2026
A flaw was found in the NetScaler file parser of Wireshark. This issue occurs when decoding malformed packets from a pcap file or from the network, causing a buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service. wireshark: NetScaler file parser crash The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | wireshark | sid | 4.6.9-1 | fixed |
| Debian | wireshark | forky | 4.6.9-1 | fixed |
| Debian | wireshark | trixie | 4.4.18-0+deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | wireshark | trixie-security | 4.4.19-0+deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | wireshark | bookworm | 4.0.17-0+deb12u3 | fixed |
| Debian | wireshark | bookworm-security | 4.0.17-0+deb12u3 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | wireshark | pro | 3.4.7-1~exp1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | wireshark | pro | 3.4.9-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | wireshark | pro | 3.6.2-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | wireshark | pro | 3.6.2-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | wireshark | pro | 3.6.2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | wireshark | source | sid | 4.0.6-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | wireshark | source | forky | 4.0.6-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | wireshark | source | trixie | 4.0.6-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | wireshark | source | bookworm | 4.0.6-1~deb12u1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6469]
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2023_7015.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2858]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2858]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-2858]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2023/wid-sec-w-2023-2917.json]
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