UBUNTU-CVE-2020-17498

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-17498
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-17498.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-17498
Related
Published
2020-08-13T16:15:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:22:15Z
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

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/wireshark@3.2.3-1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.0.5-1
3.0.7-1
3.2.1-1
3.2.2-1
3.2.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / wireshark

Package

Name
wireshark
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/wireshark@3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

3.*

3.0.5-1
3.0.7-1
3.2.1-1
3.2.2-1
3.2.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libwireshark-data"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libwireshark-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libwireshark13"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libwireshark13-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libwiretap-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libwiretap10"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libwiretap10-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libwsutil-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libwsutil11"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libwsutil11-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "tshark"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "tshark-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "wireshark"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "wireshark-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "wireshark-common-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "wireshark-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "wireshark-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "wireshark-gtk"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "wireshark-qt"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "wireshark-qt-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}