Arch Linux 202004-10 Urgent Update For wireshark-cli Vulnerability Fix

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202004-10
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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
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The package wireshark-cli before version 3.2.3-1 is vulnerable to
arbitrary code execution.

Resolution
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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
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None.

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

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