Gentoo update for Wireshark

Published: 2020-08-27

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	1
CVE-ID	CVE-2020-17498
CWE-ID	CWE-415
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Gentoo Linux Operating systems & Components / Operating system
Vendor	Gentoo

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Double Free

EUVDB-ID: #VU45824

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-17498

CWE-ID: CWE-415 - Double Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Kafka dissector. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger double free error and crash the application.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.
net-analyzer/wireshark to version: 3.2.6

Vulnerable software versions

Gentoo Linux: All versions

External links

http://security.gentoo.org/
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-14

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.