CVE-2020-17498

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6262-1

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.5, the Kafka protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-kafka.c by avoiding a double free during LZ4 decompression.

En Wireshark versiones 3.2.0 hasta 3.2.5, el disector del protocolo Kafka podría bloquearse. Esto fue abordado en el archivo epan/dissectors/packet-kafka.c evitando una doble liberación durante la descompresión de LZ4

It was discovered that Wireshark did not properly handle certain NFS packages when certain configuration options were enabled. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Wireshark to crash, resulting in a denial of service. It was discovered that Wireshark did not properly handle certain GVCP packages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Wireshark to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-08-12 CVE Reserved
2020-08-13 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2024-08-04 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-415: Double Free

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=76afda963de4f0b9be24f2d8e873990a5cbf221b	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16672	2024-08-04

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00035.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00038.html	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AII7UYDPNKYE75AZL45M6HAV2COP7F6S	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G7LO7DAPN33FL4JQ7DDPB76SIEFGMZSQ	2023-11-07
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-14	2023-11-07
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-10.html	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				>= 3.2.0 < 3.2.6 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version " >= 3.2.0 < 3.2.6"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				31 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "31"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				32 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "32"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				15.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.1"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				15.2 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.2"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Zfs Storage Appliance Kit Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Zfs Storage Appliance Kit"				8.8 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Zfs Storage Appliance Kit" and version "8.8"		-		Affected