Medium severity · published Apr 12, 2023
CVE-2023-1993
LISP dissector large loop in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.4 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.12 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
6.5
CVSS
4.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.1% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WI
Wireshark · Wireshark Foundation
>=4.0.0, <4.0.5; >=3.6.0, <3.6.13 · source: vendor, NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0; 12.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
36; 37; 38 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1993
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1993
Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2023/CVE-2023-1993.json
Exploit
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/18900
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00029.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EHLTD25WNQSPQNELX52UH6YLP4TBLKTT/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FZA7IMATNNQPLIM6WMRPM3T5ZY24NRR2/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PFJERBHVWYLYWXO2B3V47QH66IEB6EZ3/
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