PT-2021-23425 · Wireshark+2 · Wireshark+2

Shaohua Li · Published 2021-12-30 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2021-4183

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark version 3.6.0

Description The issue is related to a crash in the pcapng file parser, allowing denial of service via a crafted capture file. This can potentially affect a significant number of devices worldwide, although the exact number is not specified.

Recommendations For Wireshark version 3.6.0, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk, as the current version is affected by the denial of service issue via crafted capture files. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2022-1005

ALT-PU-2022-1096

ALT-PU-2022-1368

ALT-PU-2022-1599

CVE-2021-4183

OPENSUSE-SU-2022:0375-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_0375-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11703-1

SUSE-SU-2022:0375-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Wireshark

References · 34

• 🔥 https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/17755 · Exploit
• https://oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2022:0375-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-04 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2021-19.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-4183 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-4183 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-4183 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4183 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-4183 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4183 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2022:0375-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q6XGBKWSQFCVYUN4ZK3O3NJIFP3OAFVT · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11703-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-4183 · Vendor Advisory