#VU60524 Infinite loop in Wireshark - CVE-2022-0585

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#VU60524 Infinite loop in Wireshark - CVE-2022-0585

Published: February 10, 2022 / Updated: October 16, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU60524
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0585
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Wireshark
Software vendor:
Wireshark.org

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to large loops in multiple dissectors including AMP, ATN-ULCS and possibly other ASN.1 PER dissectors, BP, GDSDB, OpenFlow v5, P_MUL, SoulSeek, TDS, WBXML, WSP and possibly other WAP dissectors, and ZigBee ZCL. A remote attacker can send specially crafted packets over the network, consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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