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Wireshark Security Update (wnpa-sec-2020-10) - Windows

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Denial of Service

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

3 years ago

Modified

Modified

3 years ago

Summary

Wireshark is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

The vulnerability exists because of a double free during LZ4 decompression in epan/dissectors/packet-kafka.c.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Wireshark version 3.2.0 through 3.2.5.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Update to version 3.2.6.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)