Memory leak in USB HID dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.2 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Memory leak in USB HID dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.2 allows denial of service via packet injection     or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-22173)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

  - Memory leak in USB HID dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.2 allows denial of service via packet injection
    or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-22173)

  - Crash in USB HID dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.2 allows denial of service via packet injection or
    crafted capture file (CVE-2021-22174)

An update of the wireshark package has been released.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202107-21 (Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark. Please       review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2021:2125-1 advisory.

  - Memory leak in Kafka protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.8 allows denial of service via     packet injection or crafted capture file. (CVE-2020-26418)

  - Memory leak in the dissection engine in Wireshark 3.4.0 allows denial of service via packet injection or     crafted capture file. (CVE-2020-26419)

  - Memory leak in RTPS protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.8 allows denial of service via     packet injection or crafted capture file. (CVE-2020-26420)

  - Crash in USB HID protocol dissector and possibly other dissectors in Wireshark 3.4.0 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.8     allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file. (CVE-2020-26421)

  - Buffer overflow in QUIC dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.1 allows denial of service via packet     injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2020-26422)

  - Memory leak in USB HID dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.2 allows denial of service via packet injection     or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-22173)

  - Crash in USB HID dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.2 allows denial of service via packet injection or     crafted capture file (CVE-2021-22174)

  - Improper URL handling in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.3 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.11 could allow remote code execution     via via packet injection or crafted capture file. (CVE-2021-22191)

  - Excessive memory consumption in MS-WSP dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.4 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.12 allows     denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-22207)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:2125-1 advisory.

    Update wireshark to version 3.4.5

    - New and updated support and bug fixes for multiple protocols
    - Asynchronous DNS resolution is always enabled
    - Protobuf fields can be dissected as Wireshark (header) fields
    - UI improvements

    Including security fixes for:

    - CVE-2021-22191: Wireshark could open unsafe URLs (bsc#1183353).
    - CVE-2021-22207: MS-WSP dissector excessive memory consumption (bsc#1185128)
    - CVE-2020-26422: QUIC dissector crash (bsc#1180232)
    - CVE-2020-26418: Kafka dissector memory leak (bsc#1179930)
    - CVE-2020-26419: Multiple dissector memory leaks (bsc#1179931)
    - CVE-2020-26420: RTPS dissector memory leak (bsc#1179932)
    - CVE-2020-26421: USB HID dissector crash (bsc#1179933)
    - CVE-2021-22173: Fix USB HID dissector memory leak (bsc#1181598)
    - CVE-2021-22174: Fix USB HID dissector crash (bsc#1181599)

    libqt5-qtmultimedia and sbc are necessary dependencies. libvirt is needed to rebuild wireshark-plugin-     libvirt.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2021:0909-1 advisory.

  - Memory leak in Kafka protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.8 allows denial of service via     packet injection or crafted capture file. (CVE-2020-26418)

  - Memory leak in the dissection engine in Wireshark 3.4.0 allows denial of service via packet injection or     crafted capture file. (CVE-2020-26419)

  - Memory leak in RTPS protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.8 allows denial of service via     packet injection or crafted capture file. (CVE-2020-26420)

  - Crash in USB HID protocol dissector and possibly other dissectors in Wireshark 3.4.0 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.8     allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file. (CVE-2020-26421)

  - Buffer overflow in QUIC dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.1 allows denial of service via packet     injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2020-26422)

  - Memory leak in USB HID dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.2 allows denial of service via packet injection     or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-22173)

  - Crash in USB HID dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.2 allows denial of service via packet injection or     crafted capture file (CVE-2021-22174)

  - Improper URL handling in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.3 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.11 could allow remote code execution     via via packet injection or crafted capture file. (CVE-2021-22191)

  - Excessive memory consumption in MS-WSP dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.4 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.12 allows     denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-22207)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 33 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2021-5522a34aa0 advisory.

  - Memory leak in USB HID dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.2 allows denial of service via packet injection     or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-22173)

  - Crash in USB HID dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.2 allows denial of service via packet injection or     crafted capture file (CVE-2021-22174)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 32 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2021-f22ce64b3b advisory.

  - Memory leak in USB HID dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.2 allows denial of service via packet injection     or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-22173)

  - Crash in USB HID dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.2 allows denial of service via packet injection or     crafted capture file (CVE-2021-22174)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 3.4.3. It is, therefore, affected by  vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-3.4.3 advisory.

 - The USB HID dissector could leak memory. It may be possible to make Wireshark consume excessive    CPU resources by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a    malformed packet trace file. (CVE-2021-22173)

 - The USB HID dissector could crash. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a    malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.
   (CVE-2021-22174)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 3.4.3. It is, therefore, affected by vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-3.4.3 advisory.

 - The USB HID dissector could leak memory. It may be possible to make Wireshark consume excessive    CPU resources by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a    malformed packet trace file. (CVE-2021-22173)

 - The USB HID dissector could crash. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a    malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.
   (CVE-2021-22174)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
257111	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-22173	Nessus	Misc.	high
427110	Alpine: multiple wireshark packages, tshark: security update to 3.4.3-r0	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	high
427110	Alpine: multiple wireshark packages, tshark: security update to 3.4.3-r0	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	high
202832	Photon OS 4.0: Wireshark PHSA-2021-4.0-0006	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
400294	Alpine: tshark, multiple wireshark packages: security update to 3.4.2-r0 (deprecated)	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	high
400294	Alpine: tshark, multiple wireshark packages: security update to 3.4.2-r0 (deprecated)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	high
157006	GLSA-202107-21 : Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
151742	openSUSE 15 Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2021:2125-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
151105	SUSE SLED15: libQt5Multimedia5 / libqt5-qtmultimedia-devel / etc (SUSE-SU-2021:2125-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
151066	openSUSE 15 Security Update : wireshark, libvirt, sbc, libqt5-qtmultimedia (openSUSE-SU-2021:0909-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
146853	Fedora 33 : 1:wireshark (2021-5522a34aa0)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
146832	Fedora 32 : 1:wireshark (2021-f22ce64b3b)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
146105	Wireshark 3.4.x < 3.4.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high
146104	Wireshark 3.4.x < 3.4.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high

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