High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published May 19, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-13164
CVE-2020-13164
Description
In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.3, 3.0.0 to 3.0.10, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.16, the NFS dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-nfs.c by preventing excessive recursion, such as for a cycle in the directory graph on a filesystem.
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Affected products
9- Wireshark/Wiresharkdescription
- osv-coords7 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/wireshark&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/wireshark&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/wireshark&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP2
< 3.2.5-lp151.2.12.1+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.5-lp151.2.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.5-lp152.2.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.4.8-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.5-3.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.5-3.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.5-3.38.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.5-3.38.1
Patches
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References
9- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00026.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00038.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00008.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-13nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-08.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- code.wireshark.org/review/gitwebnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5UOISPQTRCZGQLKBVXEDL72AEXEHS425/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DNV3EYL4JBWCR22TJO3PH7ADUVS5RWSU/nvd
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