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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202008-14">
<title>Wireshark: Denial of service</title>
<synopsis>A vulnerability in Wireshark could lead to a Denial of Service
condition.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">wireshark</product>
<announced>2020-08-26</announced>
<revised count="1">2020-08-26</revised>
<bug>736914</bug>
<access>local, remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="net-analyzer/wireshark" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">3.2.6</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">3.2.6</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer formerly known as ethereal.</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>A double free error was discovered in Wiresharks Kafka dissector.</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending a
malformed packet or enticing a user to read a malformed packet trace
file, causing a Denial of Service.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-analyzer/wireshark-3.2.6"
</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17498">CVE-2020-17498</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-08-26T14:35:43Z">sam_c</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-08-26T21:33:02Z">sam_c</metadata>
</glsa>