NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting wireshark package, versions <3.2.2-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-WIRESHARK-1563431
  • published28 Feb 2020
  • disclosed27 Feb 2020

Introduced: 27 Feb 2020

CVE-2020-9429  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 wireshark to version 3.2.2-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wireshark package and not the wireshark package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.1, the WireGuard dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wireguard.c by handling the situation where a certain data structure intentionally has a NULL value.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1