CVE-2021-4182 Denial of service in Wireshark

High 7.5 Published Updated

A crash in the RFC 7468 dissector allows attackers to cause denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture files.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2021-4182?

CVE-2021-4182 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 30 Dec 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Crash in the RFC 7468 dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.10 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Weakness: CWE-835

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-4182?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Oracle Http Server, Oracle Zfs Storage Appliance Kit, Wireshark Wireshark.

How do I fix CVE-2021-4182?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2021-4182 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-4182 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as AZL-7418, DEBIAN-CVE-2021-4182, GHSA-3hwx-vc7v-fw2m, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-4182.

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