Wireshark up to 3.6.22/4.0.14/4.2.4 TLV dissector infinite loop

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Wireshark up to 3.6.22/4.0.14/4.2.4. The affected element is an unknown function of the component TLV dissector. Such manipulation leads to infinite loop. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-4854. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Wireshark up to 3.6.22/4.0.14/4.2.4. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component TLV dissector. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a infinite loop vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-835. The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

MONGO and ZigBee TLV dissector infinite loops in Wireshark 4.2.0 to 4.2.4, 4.0.0 to 4.0.14, and 3.6.0 to 3.6.22 allow denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

The advisory is available at wireshark.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-4854 since 05/14/2024. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 207910 (Debian dla-3906 : libwireshark-data - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 3.6.23, 4.0.15 or 4.2.5 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at gitlab.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (207910). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Type

• Packet Analyzer Software

Name

• Wireshark

Version

• 3.6.0
• 3.6.1
• 3.6.2
• 3.6.3
• 3.6.4
• 3.6.5
• 3.6.6
• 3.6.7
• 3.6.8
• 3.6.9
• 3.6.10
• 3.6.11
• 3.6.12
• 3.6.13
• 3.6.14
• 3.6.15
• 3.6.16
• 3.6.17
• 3.6.18
• 3.6.19
• 3.6.20
• 3.6.21
• 3.6.22
• 4.0.0
• 4.0.1
• 4.0.2
• 4.0.3
• 4.0.4
• 4.0.5
• 4.0.6
• 4.0.7
• 4.0.8
• 4.0.9
• 4.0.10
• 4.0.11
• 4.0.12
• 4.0.13
• 4.0.14
• 4.2.0
• 4.2.1
• 4.2.2
• 4.2.3
• 4.2.4

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://www.wireshark.org/

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