Infinite loop in Wireshark - #VU11513
Published: April 4, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11513
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system..
The weakness exists due to infinite loop. A remote attacker can inject a malformed packet onto the wire or trick the victim into reading a specially crafted packet trace file, consume excessive CPU resources and cause the CQL dissector to crash.
The weakness exists due to infinite loop. A remote attacker can inject a malformed packet onto the wire or trick the victim into reading a specially crafted packet trace file, consume excessive CPU resources and cause the CQL dissector to crash.
Affected software
Wireshark
Remediation
Update to version 2.4.6 or later.