Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2021-39926
Published: November 17, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU58210
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-39926
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation in the Bluetooth HCI_ISO dissector. A remote attacker can send specially crafted packets through the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Wireshark
Gentoo Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
Oracle Solaris
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
Fedora
wireshark (Debian package)
wireshark-debuginfo
wireshark
libwsutil12-debuginfo
libwsutil12
libwiretap11-debuginfo
libwiretap11
libwireshark14-debuginfo
libwireshark14
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo
wireshark-ui-qt
wireshark-devel
wireshark-debugsource
net-analyzer/wireshark
Gentoo Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
Oracle Solaris
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
Fedora
wireshark (Debian package)
wireshark-debuginfo
wireshark
libwsutil12-debuginfo
libwsutil12
libwiretap11-debuginfo
libwiretap11
libwireshark14-debuginfo
libwireshark14
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo
wireshark-ui-qt
wireshark-devel
wireshark-debugsource
net-analyzer/wireshark
How to mitigate CVE-2021-39926
Install updates from vendor's website.
Wireshark - update to 3.4.10
wireshark (Debian package) - update to 3.4.10-0+deb11u1
wireshark-debuginfo - update to 3.4.10-3.62.1
wireshark - update to 3.4.10-3.62.1
libwsutil12-debuginfo - update to 3.4.10-3.62.1
libwsutil12 - update to 3.4.10-3.62.1
libwiretap11-debuginfo - update to 3.4.10-3.62.1
libwiretap11 - update to 3.4.10-3.62.1
libwireshark14-debuginfo - update to 3.4.10-3.62.1
libwireshark14 - update to 3.4.10-3.62.1
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo - update to 3.4.10-3.62.1
wireshark-ui-qt - update to 3.4.10-3.62.1
wireshark-devel - update to 3.4.10-3.62.1
wireshark-debugsource - update to 3.4.10-3.62.1
wireshark - addressed in versions 3.6.0-1.fc34, 3.6.0-1.fc35
net-analyzer/wireshark - update to 3.6.8
wireshark - update to 4.0.2-1
wireshark (Debian package) - update to 3.4.10-0+deb11u1
wireshark-debuginfo - update to 3.4.10-3.62.1
wireshark - update to 3.4.10-3.62.1
libwsutil12-debuginfo - update to 3.4.10-3.62.1
libwsutil12 - update to 3.4.10-3.62.1
libwiretap11-debuginfo - update to 3.4.10-3.62.1
libwiretap11 - update to 3.4.10-3.62.1
libwireshark14-debuginfo - update to 3.4.10-3.62.1
libwireshark14 - update to 3.4.10-3.62.1
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo - update to 3.4.10-3.62.1
wireshark-ui-qt - update to 3.4.10-3.62.1
wireshark-devel - update to 3.4.10-3.62.1
wireshark-debugsource - update to 3.4.10-3.62.1
wireshark - addressed in versions 3.6.0-1.fc34, 3.6.0-1.fc35
net-analyzer/wireshark - update to 3.6.8
wireshark - update to 4.0.2-1