Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202106-30
=========================================
Severity: Low
Date    : 2021-06-09
CVE-ID  : CVE-2021-22222
Package : wireshark-cli
Type    : denial of service
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2037

Summary
======
The package wireshark-cli before version 3.4.6-1 is vulnerable to
denial of service.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 3.4.6-1.

# pacman -Syu "wireshark-cli>=3.4.6-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 3.4.6.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
An infinite loop in the DVB-S2-BB dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.5
allows a denial of service via packet injection or a crafted capture
file.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker could crash Wireshark with crafted DVB-S2 packets via
packet injection or a crafted capture file.

References
=========
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2021-05
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22222.json
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/merge_requests/3130
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/commit/0d8be1fb797b3d65f1c2c204da76af8e8de6d3cc
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-22222

ArchLinux: 202106-30: wireshark-cli: denial of service

June 11, 2021

Summary

An infinite loop in the DVB-S2-BB dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.5 allows a denial of service via packet injection or a crafted capture file.

Resolution

Upgrade to 3.4.6-1. # pacman -Syu "wireshark-cli>=3.4.6-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 3.4.6.

References

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2021-05 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22222.json https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/merge_requests/3130 https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/commit/0d8be1fb797b3d65f1c2c204da76af8e8de6d3cc https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-22222

Severity
Package : wireshark-cli
Type : denial of service
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2037

Workaround

None.

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