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Medium
CVE-2020-17498
In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.5, the Kafka protocol dissector could...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16672
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-10.html
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=76afda963de4f0b9be24f2d8e873990a5cbf221b
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-14
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G7LO7DAPN33FL4JQ7DDPB76SIEFGMZSQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AII7UYDPNKYE75AZL45M6HAV2COP7F6S/
- 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
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
wireshark, fedora, leap, zfs storage appliance kit
Vulnerable Versions:
3.2.0, 31, 32, 15.1, 15.2, 8.8
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 13th, 2020
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.