Vulnerability · Published Jan 16, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-7044
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the wireshark package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.2% (higher than 88% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)3.2%top 11.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In Wireshark 3.2.x before 3.2.1, the WASSP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wassp.c by using >= and <= to resolve off-by-one errors.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | wireshark | 3.2.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-7044 |
| Debian:13 | wireshark | 3.2.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-7044 |
| Debian:14 | wireshark | 3.2.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-7044 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16324 x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-01.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f90a3720b73ca140403315126e2a478c4f70ca03 x_refsource_MISC
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0362 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html x_refsource_MISC
- FEDORA-2020-ef943221ca vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2020-87737529a4 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2020-da7dcee2ec vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA