ALAS-2023-2348

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-6175  

A heap based buffer overflow in Wireshark's NetScreen file parser may lead to a local arbitrary code execution via a crafted capture file. (CVE-2023-6175)

ALAS-2023-2348


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2348
Advisory Release Date: 2023-11-29 22:19 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-12-04 21:44 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

A heap based buffer overflow in Wireshark's NetScreen file parser may lead to a local arbitrary code execution via a crafted capture file. (CVE-2023-6175)


Affected Packages:

wireshark


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


Issue Correction:
Run yum update wireshark to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    wireshark-2.6.2-15.amzn2.0.6.aarch64
    wireshark-cli-2.6.2-15.amzn2.0.6.aarch64
    wireshark-devel-2.6.2-15.amzn2.0.6.aarch64
    wireshark-debuginfo-2.6.2-15.amzn2.0.6.aarch64

i686:
    wireshark-2.6.2-15.amzn2.0.6.i686
    wireshark-cli-2.6.2-15.amzn2.0.6.i686
    wireshark-devel-2.6.2-15.amzn2.0.6.i686
    wireshark-debuginfo-2.6.2-15.amzn2.0.6.i686

src:
    wireshark-2.6.2-15.amzn2.0.6.src

x86_64:
    wireshark-2.6.2-15.amzn2.0.6.x86_64
    wireshark-cli-2.6.2-15.amzn2.0.6.x86_64
    wireshark-devel-2.6.2-15.amzn2.0.6.x86_64
    wireshark-debuginfo-2.6.2-15.amzn2.0.6.x86_64