A Wireshark security update has been released for Gentoo Linux.

gentoo-announce: GLSA 202008-14 : Wireshark: Denial of service

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202008-14
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  https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Wireshark: Denial of service
Date: August 26, 2020
Bugs: #736914
ID: 202008-14

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in Wireshark could lead to a Denial of Service
condition.

Background
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Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer formerly known as ethereal.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-analyzer/wireshark < 3.2.6 >= 3.2.6

Description
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A double free error was discovered in Wireshark's Kafka dissector.

Impact
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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.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/wireshark-3.2.6"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2020-17498
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17498

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-14

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
  https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5