SUSE update for wireshark

Published: 2024-09-16

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2024-8250 CVE-2024-8645
CWE-ID	CWE-20
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Desktop Applications Module Operating systems & Components / Operating system Basesystem Module Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system openSUSE Leap Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system wireshark-ui-qt Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libwiretap14 Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component wireshark Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component wireshark-devel Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libwireshark17 Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component wireshark-debugsource Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component wireshark-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libwsutil15 Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libwsutil15-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libwireshark17-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libwiretap14-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	SUSE

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU96609

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-8250

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in NTLMSSP dissector. A remote attacker can send specially crafted packets via the network and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package wireshark to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

Desktop Applications Module: 15-SP6

Basesystem Module: 15-SP6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15: SP6

openSUSE Leap: 15.6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15: SP6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15: SP6

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15: SP6

wireshark-ui-qt: before 4.2.7-150600.18.11.1

wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo: before 4.2.7-150600.18.11.1

libwiretap14: before 4.2.7-150600.18.11.1

wireshark: before 4.2.7-150600.18.11.1

wireshark-devel: before 4.2.7-150600.18.11.1

libwireshark17: before 4.2.7-150600.18.11.1

wireshark-debugsource: before 4.2.7-150600.18.11.1

wireshark-debuginfo: before 4.2.7-150600.18.11.1

libwsutil15: before 4.2.7-150600.18.11.1

libwsutil15-debuginfo: before 4.2.7-150600.18.11.1

libwireshark17-debuginfo: before 4.2.7-150600.18.11.1

libwiretap14-debuginfo: before 4.2.7-150600.18.11.1

CPE2.3

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20243250-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU94091