Infinite loop in Wireshark - CVE-2022-4345

Vulnerability identifier: #VU70040

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-2022-4345

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 within the BPv6, OpenFlow, and Kafka protocol dissectors. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.

Wireshark
Amazon Linux AMI
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Oracle Solaris
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime Extension
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Fedora
wireshark-debugsource
wireshark-help
wireshark-devel
wireshark-debuginfo
wireshark
libwireshark15-debuginfo
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo
wireshark-ui-qt
libwsutil13-debuginfo
libwsutil13
libwiretap12-debuginfo
libwiretap12
libwireshark15

Install updates from vendor's website.

Wireshark - addressed in versions 3.6.10, 4.0.2
wireshark-debugsource - update to 3.6.11-1
wireshark-help - update to 3.6.11-1
wireshark-devel - update to 3.6.11-1
wireshark-debuginfo - update to 3.6.11-1
wireshark - update to 3.6.11-1
wireshark - addressed in versions 3.6.11-1.fc36, 4.0.3-1.fc37
libwireshark15-debuginfo - update to 3.6.11-150000.3.83.1
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo - update to 3.6.11-150000.3.83.1
wireshark-ui-qt - update to 3.6.11-150000.3.83.1
wireshark-devel - update to 3.6.11-150000.3.83.1
wireshark-debugsource - update to 3.6.11-150000.3.83.1
wireshark-debuginfo - update to 3.6.11-150000.3.83.1
wireshark - update to 3.6.11-150000.3.83.1
libwsutil13-debuginfo - update to 3.6.11-150000.3.83.1
libwsutil13 - update to 3.6.11-150000.3.83.1
libwiretap12-debuginfo - update to 3.6.11-150000.3.83.1
libwiretap12 - update to 3.6.11-150000.3.83.1
libwireshark15 - update to 3.6.11-150000.3.83.1
wireshark - addressed in versions 4.0.3-1, 4.0.5-1

• https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2022-09.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Wireshark
• SUSE update for wireshark
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Solaris
• Fedora 37 update for wireshark
• Fedora 36 update for wireshark
• openEuler 22.03 LTS update for wireshark
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP1 update for wireshark
• Amazon Linux AMI update for wireshark
• Amazon Linux AMI update for wireshark