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

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

  - 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)

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

An update of the wireshark package has been released.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-038 advisory.

    A NULL pointer exception flaw was found in Wireshark. A process failure on crafted or malformed input in     the IPPUSB dissector can cause a denial of service via a packet injection or a crafted capture file.
    (CVE-2021-39920)

    A NULL pointer exception flaw was found in Wireshark. A process failure on crafted or malformed input in     the Modbus dissector can cause a denial of service via a packet injection or crafted capture file.
    (CVE-2021-39921)

    A flaw was found in Wireshark. A process failure on crafted or malformed ANSI C12.22  input can cause a     denial of service via packet injection or a crafted capture file. (CVE-2021-39922)

    A flaw was found in Wireshark. A process failure consumes excessive CPU resources on crafted or malformed     PNRP input and can cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-39923)

    A flaw was found in Wireshark. A process failure on crafted or malformed Bluetooth DHT input can cause a     denial of service via packet injection or a crafted capture file. (CVE-2021-39924)

    A flaw was found in Wireshark. A process failure on crafted or malformed Bluetooth SDP input can cause a     denial of service via packet injection or a crafted capture file. (CVE-2021-39925)

    A flaw was found in Wireshark. A process failure on crafted or malformed HCI_ISO input can cause a denial     of service via packet injection or a crafted capture file. (CVE-2021-39926)

    A flaw was found in Wireshark. A process failure on crafted or malformed IEEE 802.11 input can cause a     denial of service via packet injection or a crafted capture file. (CVE-2021-39928)

    A flaw was found in Wireshark.  A process failure on crafted or malformed  Bluetooth DHT input can cause a     denial of service. (CVE-2021-39929)

    A denial of service via packet injection flaw was found in wireshark. An attacker with local network     access could pass specially crafted capture files causing an application to halt or crash, leading to a     denial of service. (CVE-2021-4181)

    A parser infinite-loop flaw was found in wireshark. An attacker with local network access could pass     specially crafted capture files causing an application to halt, crash, or infinite loop. (CVE-2021-4182)

    An infinite-loop flaw was found in Wireshark's DHT dissector module. This flaw allows an attacker with     local network access to pass specially crafted capture files, causing an application to halt, crash or go     into an infinite loop. (CVE-2021-4184)

    An infinite-loop flaw was found in Wireshark RTMPT. This flaw allows an attacker with local network access     to pass specially crafted capture files, causing an application to halt, crash, or go into an infinite     loop. (CVE-2021-4185)

    A segmentation issue was found in Wireshark. This flaw allows an attacker with local network access to     pass specially crafted capture files, causing an application to halt or crash. (CVE-2021-4186)

    An infinite-loop flaw was found in Wireshark. This flaw allows an attacker with local network access to     pass specially crafted capture files, causing an application to halt, crash, or go into an infinite loop.
    (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)

    Infinite loop in the F5 Ethernet Trailer protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.7 and 3.4.0 to     3.4.15 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file. (CVE-2022-3190)

    Crash in the OPUS protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.8 allows denial of service via packet     injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-3725)

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

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

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2022-2022-226 advisory.

  - 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)

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

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2022-2022-079 advisory.

    A NULL pointer exception flaw was found in Wireshark. A process failure on crafted or malformed input in     the IPPUSB dissector can cause a denial of service via a packet injection or a crafted capture file.
    (CVE-2021-39920)

    A NULL pointer exception flaw was found in Wireshark. A process failure on crafted or malformed input in     the Modbus dissector can cause a denial of service via a packet injection or crafted capture file.
    (CVE-2021-39921)

    A flaw was found in Wireshark. A process failure on crafted or malformed ANSI C12.22  input can cause a     denial of service via packet injection or a crafted capture file. (CVE-2021-39922)

    A flaw was found in Wireshark. A process failure consumes excessive CPU resources on crafted or malformed     PNRP input and can cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-39923)

    A flaw was found in Wireshark. A process failure on crafted or malformed Bluetooth DHT input can cause a     denial of service via packet injection or a crafted capture file. (CVE-2021-39924)

    A flaw was found in Wireshark. A process failure on crafted or malformed Bluetooth SDP input can cause a     denial of service via packet injection or a crafted capture file. (CVE-2021-39925)

    A flaw was found in Wireshark. A process failure on crafted or malformed HCI_ISO input can cause a denial     of service via packet injection or a crafted capture file. (CVE-2021-39926)

    A flaw was found in Wireshark. A process failure on crafted or malformed IEEE 802.11 input can cause a     denial of service via packet injection or a crafted capture file. (CVE-2021-39928)

    A flaw was found in Wireshark.  A process failure on crafted or malformed  Bluetooth DHT input can cause a     denial of service. (CVE-2021-39929)

    A denial of service via packet injection flaw was found in wireshark. An attacker with local network     access could pass specially crafted capture files causing an application to halt or crash, leading to a     denial of service. (CVE-2021-4181)

    A parser infinite-loop flaw was found in wireshark. An attacker with local network access could pass     specially crafted capture files causing an application to halt, crash, or infinite loop. (CVE-2021-4182)

    An infinite-loop flaw was found in Wireshark's DHT dissector module. This flaw allows an attacker with     local network access to pass specially crafted capture files, causing an application to halt, crash or go     into an infinite loop. (CVE-2021-4184)

    An infinite-loop flaw was found in Wireshark RTMPT. This flaw allows an attacker with local network access     to pass specially crafted capture files, causing an application to halt, crash, or go into an infinite     loop. (CVE-2021-4185)

    A segmentation issue was found in Wireshark. This flaw allows an attacker with local network access to     pass specially crafted capture files, causing an application to halt or crash. (CVE-2021-4186)

    An infinite-loop flaw was found in Wireshark. This flaw allows an attacker with local network access to     pass specially crafted capture files, causing an application to halt, crash, or go into an infinite loop.
    (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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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 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 version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 3.4.10. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-3.4.10 advisory.

  - 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)

  - 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)

  - 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)

  - 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)

  - 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)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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 3.4.10. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-3.4.10 advisory.

  - 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)

  - 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)

  - 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)

  - 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)

  - 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)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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 3.2.18. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-3.2.18 advisory.

  - 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)

  - 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)

  - 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)

  - 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)

  - 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)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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 3.2.18. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-3.2.18 advisory.

  - 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)

  - 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)

  - 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)

  - 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)

  - 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)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
250395	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-39923	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
204088	Photon OS 3.0: Wireshark PHSA-2021-3.0-0341	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	Local	high
203204	Photon OS 4.0: Wireshark PHSA-2021-4.0-0139	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	Local	high
173123	Amazon Linux 2023 : wireshark-cli, wireshark-devel (ALAS2023-2023-038)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	Local	critical
168574	Amazon Linux 2022 : wireshark (ALAS2022-2022-226)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	Local	critical
164754	Amazon Linux 2022 : wireshark-cli, wireshark-devel (ALAS2022-2022-079)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	Local	critical
156582	Photon OS 3.0: Wireshark PHSA-2022-3.0-0341	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	Local	high
156315	Debian DLA-2849-1 : wireshark - LTS security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	high
156013	Debian DSA-5019-1 : wireshark - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	high
155574	Wireshark 3.4.x < 3.4.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	Local	high
155573	Wireshark 3.4.x < 3.4.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	Local	high
155571	Wireshark 3.2.x < 3.2.18 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	Local	high
155570	Wireshark 3.2.x < 3.2.18 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	Local	high

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