Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202004-10

Severity: Critical
Date : 2020-04-09
CVE-ID : CVE-2020-11647
Package : wireshark-cli
Type : arbitrary code execution
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1129

Summary

The package wireshark-cli before version 3.2.3-1 is vulnerable to
arbitrary code execution.

Resolution

Upgrade to 3.2.3-1.

pacman -Syu “wireshark-cli>=3.2.3-1”

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 3.2.3.

Workaround

None.

Description

A stack overflow has been found in the fAbstractSyntaxNType function of
the BACApp dissector of Wireshark versions prior to 3.2.3, which could
be triggered by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by
convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

Impact

A remote attacker might be able to execute arbitrary code or crash
wireshark via a crafted network packet or a capture file.

References

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-07
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16474
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-11647