CVE-2023-2906

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    CVE-2023-2906

    Published: 25 Aug 2023Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary: Wireshark CP2179 divide by zero

    Details: 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.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6HCUPLDY7HLPO46PHMGIJSUBJFTT237C/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/L4AVRUYSHDNEAJILVSGY5W6MPOMG2YRF/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TRKHFQPWFU7F3OXTL6IEIQSJG6FVXZTZ/, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/2xxx/CVE-2023-2906.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2906, https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19229, https://takeonme.org/cves/CVE-2023-2906.html

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 9a73b827b22c7ce9132e939b9f07ec4425fc2aa6
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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