CVE-2021-39920

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-39920
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-11-18 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:37:00 UTC
DescriptionNULL pointer exception in the IPPUSB dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 35 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: wireshark-3.6.0-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Fuzz job crash output: fuzz-2021-11-01-6716.pcap (#17705) · Issues · Wireshark Foundation / wireshark · GitLab MISC gitlab.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5019-1 wireshark DEBIAN www.debian.org
2021/CVE-2021-39920.json · master · GitLab.org / cves · GitLab CONFIRM gitlab.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: wireshark-3.6.0-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Wireshark: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202210-04) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2021-15 · IPPUSB dissector crash MISC www.wireshark.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: wireshark-3.6.0-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: wireshark-3.6.0-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: TODO

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178933 Debian Security Update for wireshark (DSA 5019-1)
  • 182433 Debian Security Update for wireshark (CVE-2021-39920)
  • 282092 Fedora Security Update for wireshark (FEDORA-2021-97bd631e0a)
  • 282134 Fedora Security Update for wireshark (FEDORA-2021-3747cf6107)
  • 354338 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for wireshark : ALAS2022-2022-079
  • 354457 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for wireshark : ALAS2022-2022-226
  • 354540 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for wireshark : ALAS-2022-226
  • 355161 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for wireshark : ALAS2023-2023-038
  • 376095 Wireshark IPPUSB dissector Denial of Service (DoS) (wnpa-sec-2021-15)
  • 502201 Alpine Linux Security Update for wireshark
  • 502401 Alpine Linux Security Update for wireshark
  • 710636 Gentoo Linux Wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202210-04)
  • 751469 OpenSUSE Security Update for wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2021:3938-1)
  • 751516 OpenSUSE Security Update for wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2021:1566-1)
  • 901796 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for wireshark (7408)
  • 902336 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for wireshark (7408-1)
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