PT-2020-6563 · Wireshark+3 · Wireshark+3

Published 2020-02-27 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2020-9428

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 2.6.0 through 2.6.14 Wireshark versions 3.0.0 through 3.0.8 Wireshark versions 3.2.0 through 3.2.1

Description The issue is related to a buffer data reading vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. The EAP dissector could crash due to improper sscanf parsing.

Recommendations For Wireshark versions 2.6.0 through 2.6.14, update the epan/dissectors/packet-eap.c file to use more careful sscanf parsing. For Wireshark versions 3.0.0 through 3.0.8, update the epan/dissectors/packet-eap.c file to use more careful sscanf parsing. For Wireshark versions 3.2.0 through 3.2.1, update the epan/dissectors/packet-eap.c file to use more careful sscanf parsing.

Exploit

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-1462

ALT-PU-2020-1555

BDU:2022-00215

CVE-2020-9428

DLA-2547-1

OESA-2021-1132

OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0362-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2020_0362-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11513-1

SUSE-SU-2020:0693-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Astra Linux

Suse

Wireshark

References · 229

• 🔥 https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16397 · Exploit
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-13 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13619 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-9428 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2020:0693-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-9428 · Security Note
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se17-bulletin-2021-1126SE17 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-9428 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DZBICEY2HGSNQ3RPBLMDDYVAHGOGS4E2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9428 · Security Note
• https://wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-05.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-9428 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9431 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2020:0362-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.html · Vendor Advisory