In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.5, the Kafka protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-kafka.c by avoiding a double free during LZ4 decompression.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6262-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Wireshark did not properly handle certain NFS packages when certain configuration     options were enabled. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Wireshark to crash, resulting in     a denial of service. (CVE-2020-13164)

    It was discovered that Wireshark did not properly handle certain GVCP packages. An attacker could possibly     use this issue to cause Wireshark to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected     Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-15466)

    It was discovered that Wireshark did not properly handle certain Kafka packages. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to cause Wireshark to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only     affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-17498)

    It was discovered that Wireshark did not properly handle certain TCP packages containing an invalid 0xFFFF     checksum. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Wireshark to crash, resulting in a denial of     service. (CVE-2020-25862)

    It was discovered that Wireshark did not properly handle certain MIME packages containing invalid parts.
    An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Wireshark to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
    (CVE-2020-25863)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This update for wireshark fixes the following issues :

Update to wireshark 3.2.7 :

  - CVE-2020-25863: MIME Multipart dissector crash     (bsc#1176908)

  - CVE-2020-25862: TCP dissector crash (bsc#1176909)

  - CVE-2020-25866: BLIP dissector crash (bsc#1176910)

  - CVE-2020-17498: Kafka dissector crash (bsc#1175204)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for wireshark fixes the following issues :

  - Update to wireshark 3.2.7 :

  - CVE-2020-25863: MIME Multipart dissector crash     (bsc#1176908)

  - CVE-2020-25862: TCP dissector crash (bsc#1176909)

  - CVE-2020-25866: BLIP dissector crash (bsc#1176910)

  - CVE-2020-17498: Kafka dissector crash (bsc#1175204)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

New version 3.2.6, Security fix for CVE-2020-17498

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202008-14 (Wireshark: Denial of service)

    A double free error was discovered in Wireshark&rsquo;s Kafka dissector.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending a       malformed packet or enticing a user to read a malformed packet trace       file, causing a Denial of Service.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 3.2.6. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the wireshark-3.2.6 advisory.

  - The Kafka dissector could crash. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed     packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. (CVE-2020-17498)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 3.2.6. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the wireshark-3.2.6 advisory.

  - The Kafka dissector could crash. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed     packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. (CVE-2020-17498)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
179061	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM : Wireshark vulnerabilities (USN-6262-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
143863	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2020:3166-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
142838	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-2020-1878)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
142829	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-2020-1882)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
139932	Fedora 32 : 1:wireshark (2020-7f91f10f2b)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
139931	Fedora 31 : 1:wireshark (2020-2981a0224d)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
139890	GLSA-202008-14 : Wireshark: Denial of service	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	medium
139573	Wireshark 3.2.x < 3.2.6 A Vulnerability	Nessus	Windows	medium
139572	Wireshark 3.2.x < 3.2.6 A Vulnerability (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	medium

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