| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 52 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2020-15466 | 5 Jul 202000:00 | – | attackerkb | |
| CVE-2020-15466 | 5 Jul 202010:04 | – | alpinelinux | |
| [ASA-202007-2] wireshark-cli: denial of service | 18 Jul 202000:00 | – | archlinux | |
| Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Wireshark | 19 Jun 202611:10 | – | astralinux | |
| The vulnerability of the GVCP discapper, a traffic analysis tool for computer networks by Wireshark, allows a hacker to cause a service failure. | 21 Mar 202100:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| Security fix for the ALT Linux 10 package wireshark version 3.2.5-alt1 | 3 Jul 202000:00 | – | altlinux | |
| Security fix for the ALT Linux 9 package wireshark version 3.2.5-alt1 | 3 Jul 202000:00 | – | altlinux | |
| Wireshark GVCP dissector denial of service vulnerability | 3 Jul 202000:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2020-15466 | 5 Jul 202010:04 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2020-15466 | 5 Jul 202010:04 | – | cvelist |
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(223281);
script_version("1.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/09/03");
script_cve_id("CVE-2020-15466");
script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-15466");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be
patched.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.
- 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. (CVE-2020-15466)
Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-15466");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"There is no known solution at this time.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-15466");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_unpatched", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/07/01");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/03/04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:wireshark");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:wireshark-cli");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:wireshark-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:wireshark");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:wireshark-cli");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:wireshark-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Misc.");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("set_linux_os_id.nasl", "ssh_get_info2.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/OS/identifier", "Host/cpu", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "global_settings/vendor_unpatched");
script_require_ports("Host/OS/CentOS Linux-8", "Host/OS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-8");
exit(0);
}
if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
include('linux_unpatched.inc');
var distro_constraints_array = {
"CentOS Linux-8": {
"package_manager": "rpm-list",
"constraints": [
{
"release": "8",
"pkgs": [
{"reference": "wireshark"},
{"reference": "wireshark-cli"},
{"reference": "wireshark-devel"}
]
}
]
},
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux-8": {
"package_manager": "rpm-list",
"constraints": [
{
"release": "8",
"pkgs": [
{"reference": "wireshark"},
{"reference": "wireshark-cli"},
{"reference": "wireshark-devel"}
]
}
]
}
};
var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);
if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : report
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}
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