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Gentoo: GLSA-202008-14 Normal: Wireshark Denial Of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey August 26, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Uncover the Gentoo GLSA 202104-15 notice revealing a vulnerability in the OpenSSH service. A crucial patch provided for all affected users.
A vulnerability in Wireshark could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

A double free error was discovered in Wireshark's Kafka dissector.

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Topics Covered

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Resolution

All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-3.2.6"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-17498 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17498

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-14
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Wireshark: Denial of service
Date: August 26, 2020
Bugs: #736914
ID: 202008-14

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

A vulnerability in Wireshark could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Background

Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer formerly known as ethereal.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/wireshark < 3.2.6 >= 3.2.6

Impact

===== A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending a malformed packet or enticing a user to read a malformed packet trace file, causing a Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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