Infinite loop in Wireshark - CVE-2022-3190

 

Infinite loop in Wireshark - CVE-2022-3190

Published: September 7, 2022 / Updated: September 20, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU67070
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-2022-3190
CWE-ID: CWE-835
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 infinite loop within the F5 Ethernet Trailer dissector. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.


Affected software

Wireshark
Amazon Linux AMI
Oracle Linux
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Linux Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Ubuntu
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
wireshark (Ubuntu package)
wireshark (Red Hat package)
wireshark-devel
wireshark-debugsource
wireshark
wireshark-debuginfo
wireshark-help
libwireshark15-debuginfo
libwsutil13-debuginfo
libwiretap12
libwiretap12-debuginfo
libwsutil13
libwireshark15
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo
wireshark-ui-qt

How to mitigate CVE-2022-3190

Install updates from vendor's website.

Wireshark - addressed in versions 3.4.16, 3.6.8
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 (Red Hat package) - update to 3.4.10-4.el9
wireshark-devel - update to 3.6.2-2
wireshark-debugsource - update to 3.6.2-2
wireshark - update to 3.6.2-2
wireshark-debuginfo - update to 3.6.2-2
wireshark-help - update to 3.6.2-2
libwireshark15-debuginfo - update to 3.6.8-150000.3.74.1
libwsutil13-debuginfo - update to 3.6.8-150000.3.74.1
libwiretap12 - update to 3.6.8-150000.3.74.1
libwiretap12-debuginfo - update to 3.6.8-150000.3.74.1
libwsutil13 - update to 3.6.8-150000.3.74.1
libwireshark15 - update to 3.6.8-150000.3.74.1
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo - update to 3.6.8-150000.3.74.1
wireshark-ui-qt - update to 3.6.8-150000.3.74.1
wireshark-devel - update to 3.6.8-150000.3.74.1
wireshark-debugsource - update to 3.6.8-150000.3.74.1
wireshark-debuginfo - update to 3.6.8-150000.3.74.1
wireshark - update to 3.6.8-150000.3.74.1
wireshark - update to 4.0.2-1

External References

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