In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.1, 3.0.0 to 3.0.8, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.14, the EAP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-eap.c by using more careful sscanf parsing.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade wireshark | Mar 11, 2020 | Feb 27, 2020 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade wireshark | Feb 8, 2021 | Feb 27, 2020 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade net-analyzer/wireshark. | Jul 28, 2020 | Feb 27, 2020 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark/wireshark-common to version 2.6.15-11.4.20.0.1.2.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark to version 2.6.15-11.4.20.0.1.2.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade diagnostic/wireshark/tshark to version 2.6.15-11.4.20.0.1.2.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Jan 19, 2021 | Feb 27, 2020 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Feb 27, 2020 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade spandsp-develUpgrade libwsutil11Upgrade spandsp-docUpgrade mmdblookupUpgrade libwiretap10Upgrade libspandsp2Upgrade libmaxminddb-develUpgrade libmaxminddb0Upgrade libmaxminddb0-32bitUpgrade libwireshark13Upgrade wiresharkUpgrade wireshark-ui-qtUpgrade wireshark-develUpgrade libspandsp2-32bit | Mar 17, 2020 | Feb 27, 2020 |
| Ubuntu | — | No solution exists | Jun 26, 2025 | Feb 27, 2020 |
| Wireshark | — | Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.6.15Upgrade to Wireshark version 3.0.9Upgrade to Wireshark version 3.2.2 | Mar 2, 2020 | Feb 27, 2020 |
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