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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202008-14">
  <title>Wireshark: Denial of service</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability in Wireshark could lead to a Denial of Service
    condition.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">wireshark</product>
  <announced>2020-08-26</announced>
  <revised count="1">2020-08-26</revised>
  <bug>736914</bug>
  <access>local, remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-analyzer/wireshark" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">3.2.6</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">3.2.6</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer formerly known as ethereal.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>A double free error was discovered in Wireshark’s Kafka dissector.</p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>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.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-analyzer/wireshark-3.2.6"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17498">CVE-2020-17498</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-08-26T14:35:43Z">sam_c</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-08-26T21:33:02Z">sam_c</metadata>
</glsa>