CVE-2020-17498

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6262-1

Posted Jul 31, 2023

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 6262-1 - It was discovered that Wireshark did not properly handle certain NFS packages when certain configuration options were enabled. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Wireshark to crash, resulting in a denial of service. It was discovered that Wireshark did not properly handle certain GVCP packages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Wireshark to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

tags | advisory, denial of service

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2020-13164, CVE-2020-15466, CVE-2020-17498, CVE-2020-25862, CVE-2020-25863

SHA-256 | a2075872cd77cf9a317690bbe65aeb0bc05f54e68f7501ad7a5514e88942fcd9

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202008-14

Posted Aug 27, 2020

Authored by Gentoo | Site security.gentoo.org

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202008-14 - A vulnerability in Wireshark could lead to a Denial of Service condition. Versions less than 3.2.6 are affected.

tags | advisory, denial of service

systems | linux, gentoo

advisories | CVE-2020-17498

SHA-256 | 1e745d3f44450ee5f3ff173318a642583a2f861a43f9f1ec7f4117a0f3560687

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Wireshark Analyzer 3.2.6

Posted Aug 13, 2020

Authored by Gerald Combs | Site wireshark.org

Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and Win32 and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers. This is the source code release.

Changes: Multiple bug fixes including a dissector crash.

tags | tool, sniffer, protocol

systems | windows, unix

advisories | CVE-2020-17498

SHA-256 | ebb1eebe39bcecee02195dc328dd25f6862fc9e9dea4c2e29eae50537d5eb4f2

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