Vulnerability · Published Jul 5, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-15466
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the wireshark package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.0% (higher than 87% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)3.0%top 12.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.4, the GVCP dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-gvcp.c by ensuring that an offset increases in all situations.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | wireshark | 3.2.5-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-15466 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | wireshark | 3.2.5-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-15466 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | wireshark | 3.2.5-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-15466 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | wireshark | 3.2.5-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-15466 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | wireshark | 3.2.5-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-15466 |
| Debian:12 | wireshark | 3.2.5-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15466 |
| Debian:13 | wireshark | 3.2.5-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15466 |
| Debian:14 | wireshark | 3.2.5-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15466 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16029 x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-09.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=11f40896b696e4e8c7f8b2ad96028404a83a51a4 x_refsource_MISC
- GLSA-202007-13 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1188 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1199 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210206 [SECURITY] [DLA 2547-1] wireshark security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST