PT-2020-20652 · Wireshark+1 · Wireshark+1

Published 2020-02-27 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2020-9429

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wireshark versions 3.2.0 through 3.2.1

Description The WireGuard dissector could crash due to a certain data structure having a NULL value. This issue was addressed by handling the situation where the data structure intentionally has a NULL value in the epan/dissectors/packet-wireguard.c file.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 3.2.0 through 3.2.1, update the software to a version that includes the fix for the WireGuard dissector crash. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-9429

OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0362-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2020_0362-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11513-1

SUSE-SU-2020:0693-1

Affected Products

Suse

Wireshark

References · 213

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9429 · Security Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-13 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-9429 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2020:0362-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2020:0693-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-06.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16394 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-9429 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-9429 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11513-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-16319 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9350 · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1141980 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13765 · Note