CVE-2020-9429
published 2020-02-27CVE-2020-9429: In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.1, the WireGuard dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wireguard.c by handling the situation where a…
PriorityP434high7.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
1.54%
72.3th percentile
In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.1, the WireGuard dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wireguard.c by handling the situation where a certain data structure intentionally has a NULL value.
Affected
7 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | wireshark | < wireshark 3.2.2-1 (bookworm) | wireshark 3.2.2-1 (bookworm) |
| opensuse | leap | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 3.2.2-1 | 3.2.2-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 3.2.2-1 | 3.2.2-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 3.2.2-1 | 3.2.2-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 3.2.2-1 | 3.2.2-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | 3.2.0 – 3.2.1 | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_debian7.5HIGH
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
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Red Hat
wireshark: WireGuard dissector could crash due to NULL pointer dereference
vendor_redhat·2020-02-28·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2020-9429 [HIGH] CWE-476 wireshark: WireGuard dissector could crash due to NULL pointer dereference
wireshark: WireGuard dissector could crash due to NULL pointer dereference
In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.1, the WireGuard dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wireguard.c by handling the situation where a certain data structure intentionally has a NULL value.
Statement: This issue did not affect the versions of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7, and 8 as they did not include support for WireGuard.
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-2020-9429: wireshark - In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.1, the WireGuard dissector could crash. This was addre...
vendor_debian·2020·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2020-9429 [HIGH] CVE-2020-9429: wireshark - In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.1, the WireGuard dissector could crash. This was addre...
In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.1, the WireGuard dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wireguard.c by handling the situation where a certain data structure intentionally has a NULL value.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 3.2.2-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 3.2.2-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 3.2.2-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 3.2.2-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 3.2.2-1)
GHSA
GHSA-hm4c-x6v5-6m98: In Wireshark 3
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2020-9429 [MEDIUM] CWE-476 GHSA-hm4c-x6v5-6m98: In Wireshark 3
In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.1, the WireGuard dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wireguard.c by handling the situation where a certain data structure intentionally has a NULL value.
OSV
CVE-2020-9429: In Wireshark 3
osv·2020-02-27·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2020-9429 [HIGH] CVE-2020-9429: In Wireshark 3
In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.1, the WireGuard dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wireguard.c by handling the situation where a certain data structure intentionally has a NULL value.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-9429 wireshark: WireGuard dissector could crash due to NULL pointer dereference [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2020-04-28·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2020-9429 [HIGH] CVE-2020-9429 wireshark: WireGuard dissector could crash due to NULL pointer dereference [fedora-all]
CVE-2020-9429 wireshark: WireGuard dissector could crash due to NULL pointer dereference [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 mul
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-9429 wireshark: WireGuard dissector could crash due to NULL pointer dereference
bugzilla·2020-04-28·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2020-9429 [HIGH] CVE-2020-9429 wireshark: WireGuard dissector could crash due to NULL pointer dereference
CVE-2020-9429 wireshark: WireGuard dissector could crash due to NULL pointer dereference
The WireGuard dissector could crash due to mishandling the situation where a certain data structure intentionally has a NULL value in epan/dissectors/packet-wireguard.c.
Discussion:
Created wireshark tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1828781]
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Upstream Issue:
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16394
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WireGuard dissector was added in wireshark 3.0.0, https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/f9c9af55278666ccc76e06e936bc243d82cb7317
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Statement:
This issue did not affect the versions of wireshark as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7, and 8 as they did not include support for WireGuard.
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This bug is now closed. Further updates
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.htmlhttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16394https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=73c5fff899f253c44a72657048aec7db6edee571https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a2530f740d67d41908e84434bb5ec99480c2ac2ehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-13https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-06.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.htmlhttps://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16394https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=73c5fff899f253c44a72657048aec7db6edee571https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a2530f740d67d41908e84434bb5ec99480c2ac2ehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-13https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-06.html
2020-02-27
Published