CVE-2020-15466

Published: 5 July 2020

In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.4, the GVCP dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-gvcp.c by ensuring that an offset increases in all situations.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
wireshark Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	eoan	Ignored (end of life)
	focal	Released (3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1) Available with Ubuntu Pro
	groovy	Not vulnerable (3.2.5-1)
	hirsute	Not vulnerable (3.2.5-1)
	impish	Not vulnerable (3.2.5-1)
	jammy	Not vulnerable (3.2.5-1)
	kinetic	Not vulnerable (3.2.5-1)
	lunar	Not vulnerable (3.2.5-1)
	mantic	Not vulnerable (3.2.5-1)
	noble	Not vulnerable (3.2.5-1)
	trusty	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	upstream	Released (3.2.5-1)
	xenial	Not vulnerable (code not present)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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