[ASA-202107-44] wireshark-cli: denial of service

Jonas Witschel diabonas at archlinux.org
Tue Jul 20 19:31:10 UTC 2021


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
=======

The package wireshark-cli before version 3.4.7-1 is vulnerable to
denial of service.

Resolution
==========

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
==========

None.

Description
===========

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
======

A remote attacker could crash Wireshark with crafted DNP3 packets
through packet injection or a crafted capture file.

References
==========

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
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