Vulnerability · Published Feb 27, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-9428
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 3.1% (higher than 88% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)3.1%top 12.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.1, 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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | wireshark | 3.2.2-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-9428 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | wireshark | 3.2.2-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-9428 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | wireshark | 3.2.2-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-9428 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | wireshark | 3.2.2-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-9428 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | wireshark | 3.2.2-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-9428 |
| Debian:12 | wireshark | 3.2.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-9428 |
| Debian:13 | wireshark | 3.2.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-9428 |
| Debian:14 | wireshark | 3.2.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-9428 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16397 x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-05.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9fe2de783dbcbe74144678d60a4e3923367044b2 x_refsource_MISC
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0362 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- FEDORA-2020-ef943221ca vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2020-87737529a4 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2020-da7dcee2ec vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- GLSA-202007-13 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210206 [SECURITY] [DLA 2547-1] wireshark security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST