Infinite loop in Wireshark - CVE-2021-4184

Vulnerability identifier: #VU59122

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-2021-4184

CWE-ID: CWE-835

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in BitTorrent DHT dissector. A remote attacker can send specially crafted traffic over the network, consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.

Wireshark
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications
Fedora
wireshark
libwireshark15
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo
wireshark-ui-qt
wireshark-devel
wireshark-debugsource
wireshark-debuginfo
libwsutil13-debuginfo
libwsutil13
libwiretap12-debuginfo
libwiretap12
libwireshark15-debuginfo
net-analyzer/wireshark
libvirt-nss
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct-debuginfo
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical-debuginfo
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath-debuginfo
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi-debuginfo
libvirt-daemon-hooks
libvirt-daemon-lxc
libvirt-daemon-qemu
libvirt-debugsource
libvirt-devel
libvirt-lock-sanlock
libvirt-lock-sanlock-debuginfo
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct
libvirt-nss-debuginfo
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd-debuginfo
libvirt-bash-completion
libvirt-doc
libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl
libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl-debuginfo
libvirt-daemon-xen
libvirt-libs
libvirt-libs-debuginfo
libvirt-admin
libvirt
libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev-debuginfo
libvirt-client
libvirt-client-debuginfo
libvirt-daemon
libvirt-daemon-config-network
libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter
libvirt-daemon-debuginfo
libvirt-daemon-driver-interface
libvirt-daemon-driver-interface-debuginfo
libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc
libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc-debuginfo
libvirt-daemon-driver-network
libvirt-daemon-driver-network-debuginfo
libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev
libvirt-admin-debuginfo
libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter
libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter-debuginfo
libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu
libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu-debuginfo
libvirt-daemon-driver-secret
libvirt-daemon-driver-secret-debuginfo
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core-debuginfo
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk-debuginfo
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-debuginfo

Install updates from vendor's website.

Wireshark - addressed in versions 3.4.11, 3.6.1
wireshark - addressed in versions 3.6.1-1.fc34, 3.6.1-1.fc35
libwireshark15 - update to 3.6.1-3.68.1
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo - update to 3.6.1-3.68.1
wireshark-ui-qt - update to 3.6.1-3.68.1
wireshark-devel - update to 3.6.1-3.68.1
wireshark-debugsource - update to 3.6.1-3.68.1
wireshark-debuginfo - update to 3.6.1-3.68.1
libwsutil13-debuginfo - update to 3.6.1-3.68.1
libwsutil13 - update to 3.6.1-3.68.1
libwiretap12-debuginfo - update to 3.6.1-3.68.1
libwiretap12 - update to 3.6.1-3.68.1
wireshark - update to 3.6.1-3.68.1
libwireshark15-debuginfo - update to 3.6.1-3.68.1
net-analyzer/wireshark - update to 3.6.8
wireshark - update to 4.0.2-1
libvirt-nss - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-logical-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-hooks - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-lxc - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-qemu - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-debugsource - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-devel - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-lock-sanlock - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-lock-sanlock-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-nss-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-bash-completion - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-doc - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-libxl-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-xen - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-libs - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-libs-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-admin - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-client - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-client-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-config-network - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-interface - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-interface-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-network - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-network-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-admin-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-secret - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-secret-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-core-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-disk-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-debuginfo - update to 7.1.0-150300.6.23.1

• https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2021-18.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Wireshark
• Gentoo update for Wireshark
• SUSE update for wireshark
• Amazon Linux AMI update for wireshark
• Fedora 34 update for wireshark
• Fedora 35 update for wireshark