CVE catalog
CVE-2023-2906
wireshark: CVE-2023-2906
- 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
- 2.79% · Oct 25, 2026
Due to a failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted CP2179 packet, Wireshark versions 2.0.0 through 4.0.7 is susceptible to a divide by zero allowing for a denial of service attack.
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 |
| Suse | wireshark | linux enterprise module for basesystem 15 sp4 | 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1 | fixed |
| Suse | wireshark | linux enterprise module for basesystem 15 sp5 | 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1 | fixed |
| Suse | wireshark | linux enterprise module for desktop applications 15 sp4 | 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1 | fixed |
| Suse | wireshark | linux enterprise module for desktop applications 15 sp5 | 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1 | fixed |
| Suse | wireshark | manager proxy 4.2 | 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1 | fixed |
| Suse | wireshark | manager server 4.2 | 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | wireshark | leap 15.4 | 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | wireshark | leap 15.5 | 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | wireshark | tumbleweed | 4.0.8-2.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | wireshark | source | sid | 4.0.8-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | wireshark | source | forky | 4.0.8-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | wireshark | source | trixie | 4.0.8-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | wireshark | source | bookworm | 4.0.11-1~deb12u1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Suse | wireshark | rpm | linux enterprise module for basesystem 15 sp4 | 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2023:3778-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | wireshark | rpm | linux enterprise module for basesystem 15 sp5 | 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2023:3778-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | wireshark | rpm | linux enterprise module for desktop applications 15 sp4 | 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2023:3778-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | wireshark | rpm | linux enterprise module for desktop applications 15 sp5 | 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2023:3778-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | wireshark | rpm | manager proxy 4.2 | 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2023:3778-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | wireshark | rpm | manager server 4.2 | 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2023:3778-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | wireshark | rpm | leap 15.4 | 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2023:3778-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | wireshark | rpm | leap 15.5 | 3.6.16-150000.3.100.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2023:3778-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | wireshark | rpm | tumbleweed | 4.0.8-2.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13184-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2023_3778-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-2906]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-5559-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2023:3778-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-2906]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:13184-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-2906]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2023/cve-2023-2906.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2023/wid-sec-w-2023-2180.json]
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