Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202004-10
=========================================
Severity: Critical
Date    : 2020-04-09
CVE-ID  : CVE-2020-11647
Package : wireshark-cli
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1129

Summary
======
The package wireshark-cli before version 3.2.3-1 is vulnerable to
arbitrary code execution.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 3.2.3-1.

# pacman -Syu "wireshark-cli>=3.2.3-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 3.2.3.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
A stack overflow has been found in the fAbstractSyntaxNType function of
the BACApp dissector of Wireshark versions prior to 3.2.3, which could
be triggered by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by
convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker might be able to execute arbitrary code or crash
wireshark via a crafted network packet or a capture file.

References
=========
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-07
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/16474
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-11647

ArchLinux: 202004-10: wireshark-cli: arbitrary code execution

April 10, 2020

Summary

A stack overflow has been found in the fAbstractSyntaxNType function of the BACApp dissector of Wireshark versions prior to 3.2.3, which could be triggered by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

Resolution

Upgrade to 3.2.3-1. # pacman -Syu "wireshark-cli>=3.2.3-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 3.2.3.

References

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-07 https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/16474 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-11647

Severity
Package : wireshark-cli
Type : arbitrary code execution
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1129

Workaround

None.

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