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 Subscribe |
Fedora Operating systems & Components / Operating system wireshark Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
Vendor | Fedoraproject |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
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
DescriptionThe 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.
MitigationUpgrade wireshark to version 3.6.11-1.fc36.
Vulnerable software versionsFedora: 36
wireshark: before 3.6.11-1.fc36
External linkshttp://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.
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
DescriptionThe 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.
MitigationUpgrade wireshark to version 3.6.11-1.fc36.
Vulnerable software versionsFedora: 36
wireshark: before 3.6.11-1.fc36
External linkshttp://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.