Bug 2039011 (CVE-2021-4185, wnpa-sec-2021-17)

Summary:	CVE-2021-4185 wireshark: RTMPT dissector infinite loop
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz <gsuckevi>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Nobody <nobody>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	alekcejk, denis, huzaifas, lemenkov, mruprich, msehnout, peter, rvokal, sergey.avseyev
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	wireshark 3.6.1, wireshark 3.4.11	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	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.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2039012, 2039211, 2039212
Bug Blocks:	2039018

Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2022-01-10 17:58:29 UTC

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.

Reference:
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2021-17.html

Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2022-01-10 17:59:10 UTC

Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2039012]