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KLA12081
DoS vulnerabilities in Wireshark

Updated: 01/25/2024
Detect date
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12/09/2020
Severity
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Warning
Description

DoSvulnerabilities were found in Wireshark. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to cause denial of service.

Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities:

  1. DoS vulnerability in the Kafka dissector can be exploited via special crafted file to cause denial of service.
  2. DoS vulnerability in dissectors can be exploited via special crafted file to cause denial of service.
  3. DoS vulnerability in the RTPS dissector can be exploited via special crafted file to cause denial of service.
  4. DoS vulnerability in the USB HID and possibly other dissectors can be exploited via special crafted file to cause denial of service.
Affected products

Wireshark 3.2.x earlier than 3.2.9
Wireshark 3.4.x earlier than 3.4.1

Solution

Update to the latest version
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Original advisories

wnpa-sec-2020-16 · Kafka dissector memory leak
wnpa-sec-2020-19 · Multiple dissector memory leak
wnpa-sec-2020-18 · RTPS dissector memory leak
wnpa-sec-2020-17 · USB HID dissector crash

Impacts
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DoS 
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