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Wireshark : CVE-2021-4185 : RTMPT dissector infinite loop

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Wireshark : CVE-2021-4185 : RTMPT dissector infinite loop

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/30/2021
Created
12/31/2021
Added
12/30/2021
Modified
01/12/2022

Description

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

Solution(s)

  • wireshark-upgrade-3_4_11
  • wireshark-upgrade-3_6_1

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