SB2020082912 - openEuler 20.03 LTS update for wireshark-2.6.2-7

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15466)

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

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop within the GVCP dissector. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted packet trace file to the application, consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.

2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13164)

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in NFS dissector. A remote attacker can inject a malformed packet onto the wire or trick a victim to read a malformed packet trace file and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2020-1046