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GLSA-202008-14 : Wireshark: Denial of service

2020-08-2700:00:00
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wireshark
denial of service
gentoo
cve-2020-17498
vulnerability
double free error
security patch
poc
remote attacker
malformed packet

CVSS2

4.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS3

6.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.003

Percentile

65.5%

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202008-14 (Wireshark: Denial of service)

A double free error was discovered in Wireshark’s Kafka dissector.

Impact :

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.

Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202008-14.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(139890);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/02/23");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-17498");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"202008-14");
  script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2020-B-0048-S");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-202008-14 : Wireshark: Denial of service");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202008-14
(Wireshark: Denial of service)

    A double free error was discovered in Wireshark’s Kafka dissector.
  
Impact :

    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.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version:
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-analyzer/wireshark-3.2.6'");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-17498");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/08/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/08/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/08/27");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:wireshark");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"II");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"net-analyzer/wireshark", unaffected:make_list("ge 3.2.6"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 3.2.6"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Wireshark");
}

CVSS2

4.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS3

6.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.003

Percentile

65.5%