CVE-2020-15466

Summary

CVECVE-2020-15466
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-07-05 11:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:17:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.4, the GVCP dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-gvcp.c by ensuring that an offset increases in all situations.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.2 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1188-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/commit code.wireshark.org
16029 – Buildbot crash output: fuzz-2019-08-31-15021.pcap MISC bugs.wireshark.org Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1199-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/commit MISC code.wireshark.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202007-13) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2020-09 · GVCP dissector infinite loop MISC www.wireshark.org Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2547-1] wireshark security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178650 Debian Security Update for wireshark (DLA 2547-1)
  • 199625 Ubuntu Security Notification for Wireshark Vulnerabilities (USN-6262-1)
  • 296072 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 25.75.3 Missing (CPUJUL2020)
  • 501326 Alpine Linux Security Update for wireshark
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