Input validation error in Wireshark - CVE-2020-7045
Published: January 16, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24328
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7045
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the BT ATT dissector. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data and crash the application.
Affected software
Wireshark
wireshark (Alpine package)
wireshark (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2020-7045
Install updates from vendor's website.
Wireshark - update to 3.0.8
wireshark (Alpine package) - update to 3.0.8-r0
wireshark (Alpine package) - update to 3.0.8-r0