Fedora 36 update for wireshark



Published: 2023-08-16
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
CVE-ID CVE-2022-4344
CVE-2022-4345
CWE-ID CWE-400
CWE-835
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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wireshark
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Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU70041

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-4344

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within the Kafka dissector. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Upgrade wireshark to version 3.6.11-1.fc36.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 36

wireshark: before 3.6.11-1.fc36

External links

http://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-f9e2ad8b73


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Infinite loop

EUVDB-ID: #VU70040

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-4345

CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop within the BPv6, OpenFlow, and Kafka protocol dissectors. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.

Mitigation

Upgrade wireshark to version 3.6.11-1.fc36.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 36

wireshark: before 3.6.11-1.fc36

External links

http://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-f9e2ad8b73


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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