SB2022120803 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Wireshark

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-4344)

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within the Kafka dissector. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

2) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-4345)

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.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2022-10.html
• https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2022-09.html