CVE-2022-0582 Denial of service in Wireshark

Medium 6.3 Published Updated

Attackers can cause a denial of service in Wireshark via crafted packets or capture files due to unaligned access in the CSN.1 dissector.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-0582?

CVE-2022-0582 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 14 Feb 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Unaligned access in the CSN.1 protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.11 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0582?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Wireshark Wireshark.

How do I fix CVE-2022-0582?

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-2022-0582 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0582 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as AZL-8589, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0582, GHSA-f9cx-48m4-2xp7, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0582.

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