CVE-2021-4184: 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

High severity · published Dec 30, 2021

CVE-2021-4184

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

7.5

CVSS

4.1%

EPSS

On KEV

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

Low

Privileges

None

User interaction

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Scope

Unchanged

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.1% · higher than 91% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

Debian Linux · Debian

9.0 · source: NVD

Fedora · Fedoraproject

34; 35 · source: NVD

Http Server · Oracle

12.2.1.3.0; 12.2.1.4.0 · source: NVD

Wireshark · Wireshark

3.4.0 through 3.4.10; 3.6.0 · source: NVD

Zfs Storage Appliance Kit · Oracle

8.8 · source: NVD

Affected product

Debian Linux

Debian

All Debian Linux CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4184

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4184

Third Party Advisory

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-4184.json

Exploit

https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/17754

Mailing List

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00041.html

lists.fedoraproject.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q6XGBKWSQFCVYUN4ZK3O3NJIFP3OAFVT/

lists.fedoraproject.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R5AEK3XTOIOGCGUILUFISMGX54YJXWGJ/

Third Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-04