SB2022021434 - SUSE update for wireshark
Published: February 14, 2022
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 6 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4181)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the Sysdig Event dissector. A remote attacker can send specially crafted traffic over the network and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
2) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4182)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in RFC 7468 file parser. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted packet trace file and consume excessive CPU resources.
3) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4183)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in pcapng file parser. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a malformed packet trace file and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
4) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4184)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in BitTorrent DHT dissector. A remote attacker can send specially crafted traffic over the network, consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.
5) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4185)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in RTMPT dissector. A remote attacker can send specially crafted traffic over the network, consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.
6) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4190)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in Kafka protocol dissector. A remote attacker can send specially crafted traffic over the network, consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.