CVE-2020-17498

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-17498
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-08-13 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:19:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.5, the Kafka protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-kafka.c by avoiding a double free during LZ4 decompression.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-415

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.2 All All All
Application Oracle Zfs Storage Appliance Kit 8.8 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark All All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/commit MISC code.wireshark.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
16672 – Buildbot crash output: fuzz-2020-07-01-11491.pcap MISC bugs.wireshark.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: wireshark-3.2.6-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
code.wireshark Code Review - wireshark.git/commit code.wireshark.org
Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2020-10 · Kafka dissector crash MISC www.wireshark.org Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1882-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: wireshark-3.2.6-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: wireshark-3.2.6-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Wireshark: Denial of service (GLSA 202008-14) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1878-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: wireshark-3.2.6-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2021 MISC www.oracle.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 199625 Ubuntu Security Notification for Wireshark Vulnerabilities (USN-6262-1)
  • 296072 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 25.75.3 Missing (CPUJUL2020)
  • 501327 Alpine Linux Security Update for wireshark
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