CVE-2021-4183

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-4183
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-12-30 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:40:00 UTC
DescriptionCrash in the pcapng file parser in Wireshark 3.6.0 allows denial of service via crafted capture file

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

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 Oracle Http Server 12.2.1.3.0 All All All
Application Oracle Http Server 12.2.1.4.0 All All All
Application Oracle Zfs Storage Appliance Kit 8.8 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark 3.6.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: wireshark-3.6.1-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2022 MISC www.oracle.com
2021/CVE-2021-4183.json · master · GitLab.org / cves · GitLab CONFIRM gitlab.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: wireshark-3.6.1-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: wireshark-3.6.1-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Wireshark: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202210-04) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
heap-buffer-overflow in pcapng_process_options (#17755) · Issues · Wireshark Foundation / wireshark · GitLab MISC gitlab.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: wireshark-3.6.1-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2021-19 · pcapng file parser crash MISC www.wireshark.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: Shaohua Li

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 182063 Debian Security Update for wireshark (CVE-2021-4183)
  • 282259 Fedora Security Update for wireshark (FEDORA-2022-1daf93c51d)
  • 282264 Fedora Security Update for wireshark (FEDORA-2022-30411cb3c4)
  • 296062 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 43.113.3 Missing (CPUJAN2022)
  • 376215 Wireshark Pcapng File Parser Crash Vulnerability (wnpa-sec-2021-19)
  • 710636 Gentoo Linux Wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202210-04)
  • 751705 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for wireshark (SUSE-SU-2022:0375-1)
  • 751708 OpenSUSE Security Update for wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2022:0375-1)
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