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Wireshark Security Update (wnpa-sec-2020-10) - Mac OS X
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
2 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 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.