CVE-2021-4190

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    CVE-2021-4190

    Published: 30 Dec 2021Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Large loop in the Kafka dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q6XGBKWSQFCVYUN4ZK3O3NJIFP3OAFVT/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R5AEK3XTOIOGCGUILUFISMGX54YJXWGJ/, https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-4190.json, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-04, https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2021-22.html, https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/17811

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 9733f173ea5e6255e8da208ef183210aa264d948
    Fixed -398502390084297914efed5e7c31e731453336f0

    Affected versions

    3.6.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High
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