CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-26418
5.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-12-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 3.1 LOW — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-401
Description
Memory leak in Kafka protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.8 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file.
Affected configurations
• wireshark wireshark (>= 3.2.0 <= 3.2.8)
• wireshark wireshark 3.4.0
• fedoraproject fedora 32
• fedoraproject fedora 33
• debian debian linux 9.0
• oracle zfs storage appliance kit 8.8
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness
References
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2020/CVE-2020-26418.json Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/16739 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00008.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M75HYXU36SP6GHIDPHNZGJKEO6TX4C4Y/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YHWDZPWQJMLK64VFDWJC5SEGPNH6Y72Z/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-12 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-16.html Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2020/CVE-2020-26418.json Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/16739 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00008.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M75HYXU36SP6GHIDPHNZGJKEO6TX4C4Y/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YHWDZPWQJMLK64VFDWJC5SEGPNH6Y72Z/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-12 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-16.html Vendor Advisory