vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2020-11647): wireshark vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Apr 10, 2020 | Jun 26, 2025 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Apr 10, 2020
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.2, 3.0.0 to 3.0.9, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.15, the BACapp dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-bacapp.c by limiting the amount of recursion.
Solution
no-fix-ubuntu-package
References
- CVE-2020-11647
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-11647
- CWE-674
- URL-https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16474
- URL-https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git;a=commit;h=6f56fc9496db158218243ea87e3660c874a0bab0
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11647
- URL-https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-07.html
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