Infinite loop in Wireshark - CVE-2024-4854

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Infinite loop in Wireshark - CVE-2024-4854

Published: May 16, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU89577
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-2024-4854
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 in MONGO and ZigBee TLV dissectors. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.


Affected software

Wireshark
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
Basesystem Module
Desktop Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Fedora
wireshark-debugsource
wireshark-devel
wireshark-help
wireshark-debuginfo
wireshark
libwiretap12
libwireshark15-debuginfo
wireshark-ui-qt
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo
libwiretap12-debuginfo
libwsutil13
libwsutil13-debuginfo
libwireshark15

How to mitigate CVE-2024-4854

Install updates from vendor's website.

Wireshark - addressed in versions 3.6.23, 4.0.15, 4.2.5
wireshark-debugsource - addressed in versions 3.6.14-8, 3.6.14-9
wireshark-devel - addressed in versions 3.6.14-8, 3.6.14-9
wireshark-help - addressed in versions 3.6.14-8, 3.6.14-9
wireshark-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.6.14-8, 3.6.14-9
wireshark - addressed in versions 3.6.14-8, 3.6.14-9
libwiretap12 - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
wireshark - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
libwireshark15-debuginfo - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
wireshark-debugsource - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
wireshark-ui-qt - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
libwiretap12-debuginfo - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
libwsutil13 - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
wireshark-debuginfo - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
libwsutil13-debuginfo - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
wireshark-devel - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
libwireshark15 - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
wireshark - addressed in versions 4.0.15-1.fc39, 4.2.5-1.fc40

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