CVE-2020-17498
published 2020-08-13CVE-2020-17498: In 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…
PriorityP427medium6.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
2.89%
85.3th percentile
In 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.
Affected
15 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | wireshark | < wireshark 3.2.6-1 (bookworm) | wireshark 3.2.6-1 (bookworm) |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| opensuse | leap | — | — |
| opensuse | leap | — | — |
| oracle | zfs_storage_appliance_kit | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 3.2.6-1 | 3.2.6-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 3.2.6-1 | 3.2.6-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 3.2.6-1 | 3.2.6-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 3.2.6-1 | 3.2.6-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.6.10-1~ubuntu14.04.0~esm2 | 2.6.10-1~ubuntu14.04.0~esm2 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0+esm1 | 2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0+esm1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0+esm1 | 2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0+esm1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | 3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 3.2.0 < 3.2.6 | 3.2.6 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.16.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.5HIGH
vendor_debian6.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat6.5MEDIUM
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OSV
wireshark vulnerabilities
osv·2023-07-31·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2020-13164 [HIGH] wireshark vulnerabilities
wireshark vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Wireshark did not properly handle certain
NFS packages when certain configuration options were enabled.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Wireshark to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-13164)
It was discovered that Wireshark did not properly handle certain GVCP
packages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Wireshark to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-15466)
It was discovered that Wireshark did not properly handle certain
Kafka packages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Wireshark to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-17498)
It was discovered that Wiresha
GHSA
GHSA-948p-p2c6-64q4: In Wireshark 3
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2020-17498 [MEDIUM] CWE-415 GHSA-948p-p2c6-64q4: In Wireshark 3
In 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.
OSV
CVE-2020-17498: In Wireshark 3
osv·2020-08-13·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2020-17498 [MEDIUM] CVE-2020-17498: In Wireshark 3
In 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.
Ubuntu
Wireshark vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2023-07-31·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2020-13164 [HIGH] Wireshark vulnerabilities
Title: Wireshark vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Wireshark.
It was discovered that Wireshark did not properly handle certain
NFS packages when certain configuration options were enabled.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Wireshark to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-13164)
It was discovered that Wireshark did not properly handle certain GVCP
packages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Wireshark to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-15466)
It was discovered that Wireshark did not properly handle certain
Kafka packages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Wireshark to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only
affected
Red Hat
wireshark: Kafka protocol dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2020-10)
vendor_redhat·2020-08-12·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2020-17498 [MEDIUM] CWE-416 wireshark: Kafka protocol dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2020-10)
wireshark: Kafka protocol dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2020-10)
In 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.
Statement: Wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7, and 8 is not affected because the vulnerable code was committed in newer versions of the package than those shipped.
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Not affected
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2020-17498: wireshark - In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.5, the Kafka protocol dissector could crash. This was ...
vendor_debian·2020·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2020-17498 [MEDIUM] CVE-2020-17498: wireshark - In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.5, the Kafka protocol dissector could crash. This was ...
In 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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 3.2.6-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 3.2.6-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 3.2.6-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 3.2.6-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 3.2.6-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-17498 wireshark: Kafka protocol dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2020-10) [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2020-08-14·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2020-17498 [MEDIUM] CVE-2020-17498 wireshark: Kafka protocol dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2020-10) [fedora-all]
CVE-2020-17498 wireshark: Kafka protocol dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2020-10) [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple s
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-17498 wireshark: Kafka protocol dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2020-10)
bugzilla·2020-08-14·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2020-17498 [MEDIUM] CVE-2020-17498 wireshark: Kafka protocol dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2020-10)
CVE-2020-17498 wireshark: Kafka protocol dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2020-10)
In 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.
References:
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16672
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=76afda963de4f0b9be24f2d8e873990a5cbf221b
Discussion:
Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1868886]
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External References:
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-10.html
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Statement:
Wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7, and 8 is not affected because the vulnerable code was committed in newer versions of the package than
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2020-08-13
Published