ASA-202107-44: wireshark-cli: denial of service
Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202107-44
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Severity: Low
Date : 2021-07-20
CVE-ID : CVE-2021-22235
Package : wireshark-cli
Type : denial of service
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2160
Summary
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The package wireshark-cli before version 3.4.7-1 is vulnerable to
denial of service.
Resolution
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Upgrade to 3.4.7-1.
# pacman -Syu "wireshark-cli>=3.4.7-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 3.4.7.
Workaround
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None.
Description
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It may be possible to make Wireshark before version 3.4.7 crash by
injecting a malformed DNP3 packet onto the wire or by convincing
someone to read a malformed packet trace file.
Impact
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A remote attacker could crash Wireshark with crafted DNP3 packets
through packet injection or a crafted capture file.
References
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https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2021-06
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/17462
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/merge_requests/3477
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/commit/490fe2684bf63cf4fe03e6495c9ef74c8bc86a2b
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-22235
A wireshark-cli security update has been released for Arch Linux.