CVE-2020-13164 — Uncontrolled Recursion in Wireshark

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled RecursionCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption10 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.8%
top 17.05%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
WiresharkDebian LinuxFedoraproject Fedora+1 more
Timeline
PublishedMay 19
Latest updateJul 31

Description

In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.3, 3.0.0 to 3.0.10, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.16, the NFS dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-nfs.c by preventing excessive recursion, such as for a cycle in the directory graph on a filesystem.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 3.2.4-1+3
▶Ubuntuwireshark/wireshark< 2.6.10-1~ubuntu14.04.0~esm2+3
▶NVDwireshark/wireshark2.6.0 — 2.6.16+2
▶NVDopensuse/leap15.1, 15.2+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0, Fedora 31, 32

Patches

Patch: bugs.wireshark.org ↗Patch: bugs.wireshark.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
wireshark vulnerabilities↗2023-07-31
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GHSA
GHSA-fmgx-6m2h-qh4r: In Wireshark 3↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-13164: In Wireshark 3↗2020-05-19
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OSV
CVE-2020-13164: In Wireshark 3↗2020-05-19
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Wireshark vulnerabilities↗2023-07-31
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Red Hat
wireshark: NFS dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2020-08)↗2020-04-02
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Debian
CVE-2020-13164: wireshark - In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.3, 3.0.0 to 3.0.10, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.16, the NFS disse...↗2020
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-13164 wireshark: NFS dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2020-08) [fedora-all]↗2020-05-25
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Bugzilla
CVE-2020-13164 wireshark: NFS dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2020-08)↗2020-05-25
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