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A wireshark-cli security update has been released for Arch Linux.



ASA-202106-30: wireshark-cli: denial of service


Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202106-30
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Severity: Low
Date : 2021-06-09
CVE-ID : CVE-2021-22222
Package : wireshark-cli
Type : denial of service
Remote : Yes
Link :   https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2037

Summary
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The package wireshark-cli before version 3.4.6-1 is vulnerable to
denial of service.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 3.4.6-1.

# pacman -Syu "wireshark-cli>=3.4.6-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 3.4.6.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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An infinite loop in the DVB-S2-BB dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.5
allows a denial of service via packet injection or a crafted capture
file.

Impact
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A remote attacker could crash Wireshark with crafted DVB-S2 packets via
packet injection or a crafted capture file.

References
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  https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2021-05
  https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22222.json
  https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/merge_requests/3130
  https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/commit/0d8be1fb797b3d65f1c2c204da76af8e8de6d3cc
  https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-22222