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