Infinite loop in Wireshark - CVE-2020-26575
Published: October 6, 2020 / Updated: October 30, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU47429
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-26575
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Wireshark.org
Affected software:
Wireshark
Wireshark
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop within the Facebook Zero Protocol (aka FBZERO) dissector in epan/dissectors/packet-fbzero.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted traffic to the application, consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-26575
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-14.html
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/commit/3ff940652962c099b73ae3233322b8697b0d10ab
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/16887
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/merge_requests/467
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/merge_requests/471
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/merge_requests/472
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/merge_requests/473