Crash in DNP dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.6 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.14 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.

  - Crash in DNP dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.6 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.14 allows denial of service via packet     injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-22235)

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

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202210-04 (Wireshark: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

  - Crash in DNP dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.6 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.14 allows denial of service via packet     injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-22235)

  - NULL pointer exception in the IPPUSB dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 allows denial of service via     packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-39920)

  - NULL pointer exception in the Modbus dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.17 allows     denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-39921)

  - Buffer overflow in the C12.22 dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.17 allows denial of     service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-39922)

  - Large loop in the Bluetooth DHT dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.17 allows denial of     service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-39924)

  - Buffer overflow in the Bluetooth SDP dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.17 allows     denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-39925)

  - Buffer overflow in the Bluetooth HCI_ISO dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 allows denial of service     via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-39926)

  - NULL pointer exception in the IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.17 allows     denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-39928)

  - Uncontrolled Recursion in the Bluetooth DHT dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.17     allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-39929)

  - Crash in the Sysdig Event 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 (CVE-2021-4181)

  - 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 (CVE-2021-4182)

  - Crash in the pcapng file parser in Wireshark 3.6.0 allows denial of service via crafted capture file     (CVE-2021-4183)

  - Infinite loop in the BitTorrent DHT 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 (CVE-2021-4184)

  - Infinite loop in the RTMPT 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 (CVE-2021-4185)

  - Crash in the Gryphon dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.10 allows denial of service via packet injection     or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-4186)

  - Large loop in the Kafka dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 allows denial of service via packet injection or     crafted capture file (CVE-2021-4190)

  - Crash in the CMS 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 (CVE-2022-0581)

  - 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 (CVE-2022-0582)

  - Crash in the PVFS 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 (CVE-2022-0583)

  - Large loops in multiple protocol dissectors in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.11 allow denial     of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-0585)

  - Infinite loop in RTMPT 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 (CVE-2022-0586)

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

The remote Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-2849 advisory.

    Several vulnerabilities were fixed in the network traffic analyzer Wireshark. CVE-2021-22207 Excessive     memory consumption in the MS-WSP dissector. CVE-2021-22235 Crash in the DNP dissector. CVE-2021-39921 NULL     pointer exception in the Modbus dissector. CVE-2021-39922 Buffer overflow in the C12.22 dissector.
    CVE-2021-39923 Large loop in the PNRP dissector. CVE-2021-39924 Large loop in the Bluetooth DHT dissector.
    CVE-2021-39925 Buffer overflow in the Bluetooth SDP dissector. CVE-2021-39928 NULL pointer exception in     the IEEE 802.11 dissector. CVE-2021-39929 Uncontrolled Recursion in the Bluetooth DHT dissector. For     Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 2.6.20-0+deb9u2. We recommend that you upgrade     your wireshark packages. For the detailed security status of wireshark please refer to its security     tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/wireshark Further information about Debian     LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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 Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5019 advisory.

  - 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)

  - Infinite loop in DVB-S2-BB dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.5 allows denial of service via packet     injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-22222)

  - Crash in DNP dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.6 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.14 allows denial of service via packet     injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-22235)

  - NULL pointer exception in the IPPUSB dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 allows denial of service via     packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-39920)

  - NULL pointer exception in the Modbus dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.17 allows     denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-39921)

  - Buffer overflow in the C12.22 dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.17 allows denial of     service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-39922)

  - Large loop in the PNRP dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.17 allows denial of service     via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-39923)

  - Large loop in the Bluetooth DHT dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.17 allows denial of     service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-39924)

  - Buffer overflow in the Bluetooth SDP dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.17 allows     denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-39925)

  - Buffer overflow in the Bluetooth HCI_ISO dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 allows denial of service     via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-39926)

  - NULL pointer exception in the IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.17 allows     denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-39928)

  - Uncontrolled Recursion in the Bluetooth DHT dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.17     allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-39929)

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 SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2021:1276-1 advisory.

  - Crash in DNP dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.6 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.14 allows denial of service via packet     injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-22235)

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 SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2021:3017-1 advisory.

  - Crash in DNP dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.6 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.14 allows denial of service via packet     injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-22235)

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 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3017-1 advisory.

  - Crash in DNP dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.6 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.14 allows denial of service via packet     injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-22235)

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

An update of the wireshark package has been released.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 3.2.15. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the wireshark-3.2.15 advisory.

  - The DNP 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-2021-22235)

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 3.2.15. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the wireshark-3.2.15 advisory.

  - The DNP 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-2021-22235)

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 3.4.7. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the wireshark-3.4.7 advisory.

  - The DNP 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-2021-22235)

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 3.4.7. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the wireshark-3.4.7 advisory.

  - The DNP 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-2021-22235)

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
256534	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-22235	Nessus	Misc.	high
166163	GLSA-202210-04 : Wireshark: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
156315	Debian DLA-2849-1 : wireshark - LTS security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
156013	Debian DSA-5019-1 : wireshark - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
153453	openSUSE 15 Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2021:1276-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
153250	openSUSE 15 Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2021:3017-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
153249	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2021:3017-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
152387	Photon OS 4.0: Wireshark PHSA-2021-4.0-0076	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
151643	Wireshark 3.2.x < 3.2.15 A Vulnerability	Nessus	Windows	high
151642	Wireshark 3.2.x < 3.2.15 A Vulnerability (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high
151641	Wireshark 3.4.x < 3.4.7 A Vulnerability	Nessus	Windows	high
151640	Wireshark 3.4.x < 3.4.7 A Vulnerability (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high

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