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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: USN-7552-1 critical: Wireshark DoS fixes

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Calendar Grey June 5, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been addressed in Wireshark impacting various versions of Ubuntu LTS. Ensure your system is current for enhanced protection.
Several security issues were fixed in Wireshark.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Wireshark.

Software Description:

- wireshark: network traffic analyzer

Details:

It was discovered that Wireshark did not correctly handle recursion. If a

user or system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an

attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This

issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-39929)

Roman Donchenko discovered that Wireshark did not correctly handle

parsing certain files. If a user or system were tricked into opening a

specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to

cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

(CVE-2021-4182)

It was discovered that Wireshark did not correctly handle parsing

certain files. If a user or system were tricked into opening a specially

crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial

of service. This issue only affected ...

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Topics Covered

security advisory DoS networking tool wireshark Ubuntu 20.04 Ubuntu 22.04

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  libwireshark15                  3.6.2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  tshark                          3.6.2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  wireshark                       3.6.2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  wireshark-common                3.6.2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  wireshark-gtk                   3.6.2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  wireshark-qt                    3.6.2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  libwireshark13                  3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  tshark                          3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  wireshark                       3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  wireshark-common                3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  wireshark-gtk                   3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  wireshark-qt                    3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  libwireshark11                  2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  tshark                          2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  wireshark                       2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  wireshark-common                2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  wireshark-gtk                   2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  wireshark-qt                    2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  libwireshark11                  2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  tshark                          2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  wireshark                       2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  wireshark-common                2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  wireshark-gtk                   2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  wireshark-qt                    2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  libwireshark11                  2.6.10-1~ubuntu14.04.0~esm3
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  tshark                          2.6.10-1~ubuntu14.04.0~esm3
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  wireshark                       2.6.10-1~ubuntu14.04.0~esm3
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  wireshark-common                2.6.10-1~ubuntu14.04.0~esm3
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  wireshark-gtk                   2.6.10-1~ubuntu14.04.0~esm3
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  wireshark-qt                    2.6.10-1~ubuntu14.04.0~esm3
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7552-1

CVE-2021-39929, CVE-2021-4182, CVE-2021-4185, CVE-2021-4186,

CVE-2022-0581, CVE-2022-0582, CVE-2022-0583, CVE-2022-0585,

CVE-2022-0586, CVE-2022-3190

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7552-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory DoS networking tool wireshark Ubuntu 20.04 Ubuntu 22.04

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