Red Hat Security Advisory: wireshark security update
A moderate severity vulnerability (CVE-2025-1492) affecting Wireshark in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 has been identified. The issue involves uncontrolled recursion in Wireshark, a network protocol analyzer. Red Hat has issued a security advisory (RHSA-2025:9121) addressing this vulnerability with updated packages. The advisory covers multiple architectures and variants of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and CodeReady Linux Builder 10. No CVSS score is provided, and no known exploits in the wild have been reported.
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Technical Summary
CVE-2025-1492 is an uncontrolled recursion vulnerability in Wireshark, a network protocol analyzer included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related products. This vulnerability could potentially lead to issues such as resource exhaustion or denial of service when processing certain network traffic. Red Hat has released updated Wireshark packages to remediate this issue, as detailed in advisory RHSA-2025:9121. The advisory applies to multiple architectures including x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and CodeReady Linux Builder 10. The update is rated as having a moderate security impact. No CVSS base score is provided in the advisory, and no active exploitation has been reported.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause uncontrolled recursion in Wireshark, potentially leading to denial of service or resource exhaustion on affected systems. The impact is rated moderate by Red Hat. There are no reports of known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Wireshark packages that address this vulnerability. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and CodeReady Linux Builder 10 should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:9121. For detailed update instructions, refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying the official update is the recommended mitigation.
Red Hat Security Advisory: wireshark security update
Description
A moderate severity vulnerability (CVE-2025-1492) affecting Wireshark in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 has been identified. The issue involves uncontrolled recursion in Wireshark, a network protocol analyzer. Red Hat has issued a security advisory (RHSA-2025:9121) addressing this vulnerability with updated packages. The advisory covers multiple architectures and variants of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and CodeReady Linux Builder 10. No CVSS score is provided, and no known exploits in the wild have been reported.
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2025-1492 is an uncontrolled recursion vulnerability in Wireshark, a network protocol analyzer included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related products. This vulnerability could potentially lead to issues such as resource exhaustion or denial of service when processing certain network traffic. Red Hat has released updated Wireshark packages to remediate this issue, as detailed in advisory RHSA-2025:9121. The advisory applies to multiple architectures including x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and CodeReady Linux Builder 10. The update is rated as having a moderate security impact. No CVSS base score is provided in the advisory, and no active exploitation has been reported.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause uncontrolled recursion in Wireshark, potentially leading to denial of service or resource exhaustion on affected systems. The impact is rated moderate by Red Hat. There are no reports of known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Wireshark packages that address this vulnerability. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and CodeReady Linux Builder 10 should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:9121. For detailed update instructions, refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying the official update is the recommended mitigation.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:9121
- Cve Count
- 1
Threat ID: 6a3da1ce4853345fc1823e61
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:46:54 UTC
Last enriched: 08/07/2026, 00:29:21 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC
Views: 27
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