Memory exhaustion in the Kafka protocol dissector in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.9 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-199 advisory.

  - Memory exhaustion in the Kafka protocol dissector in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.9 allows     denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-4344)

  - Infinite loops in the BPv6, OpenFlow, and Kafka protocol dissectors in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 and 3.6.0     to 3.6.9 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-4345)

  - RPCoRDMA dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.4 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.12 allows denial of service via     packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2023-1992)

  - LISP dissector large loop in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.4 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.12 allows denial of service via     packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2023-1993)

  - GQUIC dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.4 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.12 allows denial of service via packet     injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2023-1994)

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 ALAS2023-2023-120 advisory.

  - Memory exhaustion in the Kafka protocol dissector in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.9 allows     denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-4344)

  - Infinite loops in the BPv6, OpenFlow, and Kafka protocol dissectors in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 and 3.6.0     to 3.6.9 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-4345)

  - Excessive loops in multiple dissectors in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.2 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.10 and allows denial     of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2023-0411)

  - TIPC dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.2 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.10 and allows denial of service via     packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2023-0412)

  - Dissection engine bug in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.2 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.10 and allows denial of service via     packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2023-0413)

  - Crash in the EAP dissector in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.2 allows denial of service via packet injection or     crafted capture file (CVE-2023-0414)

  - iSCSI dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.2 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.10 and allows denial of service via     packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2023-0415)

  - GNW dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.2 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.10 and allows denial of service via     packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2023-0416)

  - Memory leak in the NFS dissector in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.2 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.10 and allows denial of     service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2023-0417)

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

The remote Fedora 36 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-f9e2ad8b73 advisory.

  - Memory exhaustion in the Kafka protocol dissector in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.9 allows     denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-4344)

  - Infinite loops in the BPv6, OpenFlow, and Kafka protocol dissectors in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 and 3.6.0     to 3.6.9 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-4345)

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

The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-9ddb9b9757 advisory.

  - Memory exhaustion in the Kafka protocol dissector in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.9 allows     denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-4344)

  - Infinite loops in the BPv6, OpenFlow, and Kafka protocol dissectors in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 and 3.6.0     to 3.6.9 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-4345)

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 3.6.10. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-3.6.10 advisory.

  - Infinite loops in the BPv6, OpenFlow, and Kafka protocol dissectors in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 and 3.6.0     to 3.6.9 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-4345)

  - Memory exhaustion in the Kafka protocol dissector in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.9 allows     denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-4344)

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 3.6.10. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-3.6.10 advisory.

  - Infinite loops in the BPv6, OpenFlow, and Kafka protocol dissectors in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 and 3.6.0     to 3.6.9 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-4345)

  - Memory exhaustion in the Kafka protocol dissector in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.9 allows     denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-4344)

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 4.0.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-4.0.2 advisory.

  - Memory exhaustion in the Kafka protocol dissector in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.9 allows     denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-4344)

  - Infinite loops in the BPv6, OpenFlow, and Kafka protocol dissectors in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 and 3.6.0     to 3.6.9 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-4345)

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 4.0.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-4.0.2 advisory.

  - Memory exhaustion in the Kafka protocol dissector in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.9 allows     denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-4344)

  - Infinite loops in the BPv6, OpenFlow, and Kafka protocol dissectors in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 and 3.6.0     to 3.6.9 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-4345)

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	Severity
176932	Amazon Linux 2023 : wireshark-cli, wireshark-devel (ALAS2023-2023-199)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
173172	Amazon Linux 2023 : wireshark-cli, wireshark-devel (ALAS2023-2023-120)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
171374	Fedora 36 : 1:wireshark (2023-f9e2ad8b73)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
171371	Fedora 37 : 1:wireshark (2023-9ddb9b9757)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
170000	Wireshark 3.6.x < 3.6.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	medium
169999	Wireshark 3.6.x < 3.6.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	medium
169991	Wireshark 4.0.x < 4.0.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	medium
169990	Wireshark 4.0.x < 4.0.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	medium

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CVE-2022-4344

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