Infinite loop in Wireshark - CVE-2022-0586

Vulnerability identifier: #VU60525

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-2022-0586

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 RTMPT dissector. A remote attacker can send specially crafted packets over the network, consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.

Wireshark
Gentoo Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Ubuntu
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime Extension
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
openEuler
Fedora
wireshark (Ubuntu package)
wireshark
wireshark-devel
wireshark-debugsource
wireshark-help
wireshark-debuginfo
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo
wireshark-ui-qt
libwsutil13-debuginfo
libwsutil13
libwiretap12-debuginfo
libwiretap12
libwireshark15-debuginfo
libwireshark15
net-analyzer/wireshark

Install updates from vendor's website.

Wireshark - addressed in versions 3.4.12, 3.6.2
wireshark (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.6.10-1~ubuntu14.04.0~esm3, 2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0+esm2, 2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0+esm2, 3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm2, 3.6.2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
wireshark - addressed in versions 3.6.2-1.fc34, 3.6.2-1.fc35
wireshark - update to 3.6.2-3
wireshark-devel - update to 3.6.2-3
wireshark-debugsource - update to 3.6.2-3
wireshark-help - update to 3.6.2-3
wireshark-debuginfo - update to 3.6.2-3
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo - update to 3.6.2-3.71.1
wireshark-ui-qt - update to 3.6.2-3.71.1
wireshark-devel - update to 3.6.2-3.71.1
wireshark-debugsource - update to 3.6.2-3.71.1
wireshark-debuginfo - update to 3.6.2-3.71.1
wireshark - update to 3.6.2-3.71.1
libwsutil13-debuginfo - update to 3.6.2-3.71.1
libwsutil13 - update to 3.6.2-3.71.1
libwiretap12-debuginfo - update to 3.6.2-3.71.1
libwiretap12 - update to 3.6.2-3.71.1
libwireshark15-debuginfo - update to 3.6.2-3.71.1
libwireshark15 - update to 3.6.2-3.71.1
net-analyzer/wireshark - update to 3.6.8
wireshark - update to 4.0.2-1

• https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2022-01.html
• https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/17813

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Wireshark
• Gentoo update for Wireshark
• SUSE update for wireshark
• openEuler 22.03 LTS update for wireshark
• Amazon Linux AMI update for wireshark
• Fedora 34 update for wireshark
• Fedora 35 update for wireshark
• Ubuntu update for wireshark