Vulnerability · Published Feb 27, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-9429
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 1.5% (higher than 75% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.5%top 24.9% 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, the WireGuard dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-wireguard.c by handling the situation where a certain data structure intentionally has a NULL value.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | wireshark | 3.2.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-9429 |
| Debian:13 | wireshark | 3.2.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-9429 |
| Debian:14 | wireshark | 3.2.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-9429 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16394 x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-06.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a2530f740d67d41908e84434bb5ec99480c2ac2e x_refsource_MISC
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=73c5fff899f253c44a72657048aec7db6edee571 x_refsource_MISC
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0362 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- GLSA-202007-13 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO