Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 13, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-17498
CVE-2020-17498
Description
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.
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Affected products
15- Wireshark/Wiresharkdescription
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:oracle:zfs_storage_appliance_kit:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords7 versionspkg: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%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/opensuse/wireshark&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/wireshark&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/wireshark&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2
< 3.2.7-3.41.1+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.7-3.41.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.7-3.41.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.7-3.41.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.7-3.41.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.7-lp151.2.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.4.8-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.2.7-lp152.2.6.1
Patches
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References
9- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.htmlnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00035.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00038.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-14nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-10.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- code.wireshark.org/review/gitwebnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AII7UYDPNKYE75AZL45M6HAV2COP7F6S/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G7LO7DAPN33FL4JQ7DDPB76SIEFGMZSQ/nvd
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