Medium: wireshark

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  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2023-6175

Mitre: CVE-2023-6175