ALPINE-CVE-2020-17498

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-17498
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2020-17498.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2020-17498
Upstream
Published
2020-08-13T16:15:13Z
Modified
2026-10-27T08:32:16Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.12
wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.2.0
Fixed
3.2.6-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2020-17498.json"
Alpine:v3.13
wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.2.0
Fixed
3.2.6-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2020-17498.json"
Alpine:v3.14
wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.2.0
Fixed
3.2.6-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2020-17498.json"
Alpine:v3.15
wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.2.0
Fixed
3.2.6-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2020-17498.json"
Alpine:v3.16
wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.2.0
Fixed
3.2.6-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2020-17498.json"
Alpine:v3.17
wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.2.0
Fixed
3.2.6-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2020-17498.json"
Alpine:v3.18
wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.2.0
Fixed
3.2.6-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2020-17498.json"
Alpine:v3.19
wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.2.0
Fixed
3.2.6-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2020-17498.json"
Alpine:v3.20
wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.2.0
Fixed
3.2.6-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2020-17498.json"
Alpine:v3.21
wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.2.0
Fixed
3.2.6-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2020-17498.json"
Alpine:v3.22
wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.2.0
Fixed
3.2.6-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2020-17498.json"
Alpine:v3.23
wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.2.0
Fixed
3.2.6-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2020-17498.json"
Alpine:v3.24
wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/wireshark?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
3.2.0
Fixed
3.2.6-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2020-17498.json"