Memory Leak Affecting wireshark package, versions [3.2.0,3.2.9)[3.4.0,3.4.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-2318291
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed11 Dec 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-26418  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 3.2.9, 3.4.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Memory Leak. Memory leak in Kafka protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.8 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1