SB20200310146 - Memory leak in wireshark (Alpine package)
Published: March 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB20200310146
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-9431)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak in LTE RRC dissector within "epan/dissectors/packet-lte-rrc.c". A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.