MGASA-2024-0045 - Updated wireshark packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 20 Feb 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0045.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 9
CVE: CVE-2023-5371,
     CVE-2023-6174,
     CVE-2023-6175,
     CVE-2024-0208

The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities:
RTPS dissector memory leak. (CVE-2023-5371)
SSH dissector invalid read of memory blocks. (CVE-2023-6174)
NetScreen File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow. (CVE-2023-6175)
GVCP dissector crash via packet injection or crafted capture file.
(CVE-2024-0208)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32835
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/34DBP5P2RHQ7XUABPANYYMOGV5KS6VEP/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5371
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6174
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6175
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-0208

SRPMS:
- 9/core/wireshark-4.0.12-1.mga9

Mageia 2024-0045: wireshark security update

The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities: RTPS dissector memory leak

Summary

The updated packages fix security vulnerabilities: RTPS dissector memory leak. (CVE-2023-5371) SSH dissector invalid read of memory blocks. (CVE-2023-6174) NetScreen File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow. (CVE-2023-6175) GVCP dissector crash via packet injection or crafted capture file. (CVE-2024-0208)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32835

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/34DBP5P2RHQ7XUABPANYYMOGV5KS6VEP/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5371

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6174

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-6175

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-0208

Resolution

MGASA-2024-0045 - Updated wireshark packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 9/core/wireshark-4.0.12-1.mga9

Severity
Publication date: 20 Feb 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0045.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2023-5371, CVE-2023-6174, CVE-2023-6175, CVE-2024-0208

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