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Wireshark : CVE-2020-26421 : USB HID dissector crash

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Wireshark : CVE-2020-26421 : USB HID dissector crash

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/11/2020
Created
12/22/2020
Added
12/21/2020
Modified
12/21/2020

Description

Crash in USB HID protocol dissector and possibly other dissectors in Wireshark 3.4.0 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.8 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file.

Solution(s)

  • wireshark-upgrade-3_2_9
  • wireshark-upgrade-3_4_1

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