vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-6262-1 (CVE-2020-17498): Wireshark vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Aug 13, 2020 | Aug 1, 2023 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 13, 2020
Added
Aug 1, 2023
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
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.
Solutions
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libwireshark11ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libwireshark13ubuntu-pro-upgrade-tsharkubuntu-pro-upgrade-wiresharkubuntu-pro-upgrade-wireshark-commonubuntu-pro-upgrade-wireshark-gtkubuntu-pro-upgrade-wireshark-qt
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