CVE-2020-17498

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
Description
In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.5, the Kafka protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-kafka.c by avoiding a double free during LZ4 decompression.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-17498
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-08-13T16:15:13
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-09-02T15:31:48
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-415 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/415.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.2.0 3.2.6
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:zfs_storage_appliance_kit:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=76afda963de4f0b9be24f2d8e873990a5cbf221b Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-10.html Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16672 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-14
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AII7UYDPNKYE75AZL45M6HAV2COP7F6S/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G7LO7DAPN33FL4JQ7DDPB76SIEFGMZSQ/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00035.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00038.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17498
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-17498
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:26:46 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 21:01:30 2020-08-13T16:15Z 2020-08-13T16:15:13 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 21:01:30 2022-09-02T15:31:48 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 21:01:30 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated