========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7552-1 June 04, 2025
wireshark vulnerabilities
==========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in Wireshark.
Software Description:
- wireshark: network traffic analyzer
Details:
It was discovered that Wireshark did not correctly handle recursion. If a
user or system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-39929)
Roman Donchenko discovered that Wireshark did not correctly handle
parsing certain files. If a user or system were tricked into opening a
specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2021-4182)
It was discovered that Wireshark did not correctly handle parsing
certain files. If a user or system were tricked into opening a specially
crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-4185, CVE-2022-0581)
It was discovered that Wireshark did not correctly handle parsing
certain files. If a user or system were tricked into opening a specially
crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-4186)
Sharon Brizinov discovered that Wireshark did not correctly handle
parsing certain files. If a user or system were tricked into opening a
specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2022-0582, CVE-2022-0583, CVE-2022-0586)
Sharon Brizinov discovered that Wireshark did not correctly handle
parsing certain files. If a user or system were tricked into opening a
specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2022-0585)
Jason Cohen discovered that Wireshark did not correctly handle parsing
certain files. If a user or system were tricked into opening a specially
crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
(CVE-2022-3190)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
libwireshark15 3.6.2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
tshark 3.6.2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
wireshark 3.6.2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
wireshark-common 3.6.2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
wireshark-gtk 3.6.2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
wireshark-qt 3.6.2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
libwireshark13 3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
tshark 3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
wireshark 3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
wireshark-common 3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
wireshark-gtk 3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
wireshark-qt 3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
libwireshark11 2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
tshark 2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
wireshark 2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
wireshark-common 2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
wireshark-gtk 2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
wireshark-qt 2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
libwireshark11 2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
tshark 2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
wireshark 2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
wireshark-common 2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
wireshark-gtk 2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
wireshark-qt 2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
libwireshark11 2.6.10-1~ubuntu14.04.0~esm3
Available with Ubuntu Pro
tshark 2.6.10-1~ubuntu14.04.0~esm3
Available with Ubuntu Pro
wireshark 2.6.10-1~ubuntu14.04.0~esm3
Available with Ubuntu Pro
wireshark-common 2.6.10-1~ubuntu14.04.0~esm3
Available with Ubuntu Pro
wireshark-gtk 2.6.10-1~ubuntu14.04.0~esm3
Available with Ubuntu Pro
wireshark-qt 2.6.10-1~ubuntu14.04.0~esm3
Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7552-1
CVE-2021-39929, CVE-2021-4182, CVE-2021-4185, CVE-2021-4186,
CVE-2022-0581, CVE-2022-0582, CVE-2022-0583, CVE-2022-0585,
CVE-2022-0586, CVE-2022-3190
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