VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-9428
In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.1, 3.0.0 to 3.0.8, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.14, the EAP dissector could crash.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 3.11%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.11%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.1, 3.0.0 to 3.0.8, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.14, the EAP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-eap.c by using more careful sscanf parsing.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.11% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- wireshark/wireshark · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · opensuse/leap
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16397Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9fe2de783dbcbe74144678d60a4e3923367044b2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DZBICEY2HGSNQ3RPBLMDDYVAHGOGS4E2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JDVMBCADP73TBISYCS6ARKOSNNJOGXXZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XN2GMGLT5XND7U34WX3O23WKUZ7JHMVN/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-13Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-05.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00027.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16397Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9fe2de783dbcbe74144678d60a4e3923367044b2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DZBICEY2HGSNQ3RPBLMDDYVAHGOGS4E2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JDVMBCADP73TBISYCS6ARKOSNNJOGXXZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XN2GMGLT5XND7U34WX3O23WKUZ7JHMVN/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-13Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-05.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.