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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2023.4294
USN-6262-1: Wireshark vulnerabilities
1 August 2023
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Wireshark
Publisher: Ubuntu
Operating System: Ubuntu
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2020-25863 CVE-2020-25862 CVE-2020-17498
CVE-2020-15466 CVE-2020-13164
Original Bulletin:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6262-1
Comment: CVSS (Max): 7.5 CVE-2020-25863 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVSS Source: NIST
Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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USN-6262-1: Wireshark vulnerabilities
31 July 2023
Several security issues were fixed in Wireshark.
Releases
o Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
o Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
o Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
o Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
Packages
o wireshark - network traffic analyzer - meta-package
Details
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 )
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package
versions:
Ubuntu 20.04
o tshark - 3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o wireshark - 3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o wireshark-qt - 3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o wireshark-common - 3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o wireshark-gtk - 3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o libwireshark13 - 3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 18.04
o tshark - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o wireshark-qt - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o wireshark-gtk - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o wireshark-common - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o libwireshark11 - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o wireshark - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 16.04
o tshark - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o wireshark-qt - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o wireshark-gtk - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o wireshark-common - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o libwireshark11 - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o wireshark - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 14.04
o tshark - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu14.04.0~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o wireshark-qt - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu14.04.0~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o wireshark-gtk - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu14.04.0~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o wireshark-common - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu14.04.0~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o libwireshark11 - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu14.04.0~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
o wireshark - 2.6.10-1~ubuntu14.04.0~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
o CVE-2020-13164
o CVE-2020-17498
o CVE-2020-15466
o CVE-2020-25863
o CVE-2020-25862
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