High severity · published Nov 2, 2020
CVE-2020-28030
In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.7, the GQUIC dissector could crash
7.5
CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.7, the GQUIC dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-gquic.c by correcting the implementation of offset advancement.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 81% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
32; 33 · source: NVD
WI
Wireshark · Wireshark
3.2.0 through 3.2.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28030
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-28030
Patch
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/commit/b287e7165e8aa89cde6ae37e7c257c5d87d16b9b
Exploit
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/16887
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00008.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UHZSVK7PO2LTGFQXFHFXY6SOMSQ7UPRS/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V2667E6WKVE56G66BVBVD7LJPIDOJ7K3/
Vendor Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-15.html
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