In Wireshark 3.0.x before 3.0.8, the BT ATT dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-btatt.c by validating opcodes.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - In Wireshark 3.0.x before 3.0.8, the BT ATT dissector could crash. This was addressed in
    epan/dissectors/packet-btatt.c by validating opcodes. (CVE-2020-7045)

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - In Wireshark 3.0.x before 3.0.8, the BT ATT dissector could crash. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-btatt.c by validating opcodes. (CVE-2020-7045)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Several vulnerabilities were fixed in Wireshark, a network sniffer.

CVE-2019-13619

ASN.1 BER and related dissectors crash.

CVE-2019-16319

The Gryphon dissector could go into an infinite loop.

CVE-2019-19553

The CMS dissector could crash.

CVE-2020-7045

The BT ATT dissector could crash.

CVE-2020-9428

The EAP dissector could crash.

CVE-2020-9430

The WiMax DLMAP dissector could crash.

CVE-2020-9431

The LTE RRC dissector could leak memory.

CVE-2020-11647

The BACapp dissector could crash.

CVE-2020-13164

The NFS dissector could crash.

CVE-2020-15466

The GVCP dissector could go into an infinite loop.

CVE-2020-25862

The TCP dissector could crash.

CVE-2020-25863

The MIME Multipart dissector could crash.

CVE-2020-26418

Memory leak in the Kafka protocol dissector.

CVE-2020-26421

Crash in USB HID protocol dissector.

CVE-2020-26575

The Facebook Zero Protocol (aka FBZERO) dissector could enter an infinite loop.

CVE-2020-28030

The GQUIC dissector could crash.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 2.6.20-0+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.

For the detailed security status of wireshark please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/wireshark

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 3.0.8. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the wireshark-3.0.8 advisory.

  - In Wireshark 3.0.x before 3.0.8, the BT ATT dissector could crash. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-btatt.c by validating opcodes. (CVE-2020-7045)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 3.0.8. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the wireshark-3.0.8 advisory.

  - In Wireshark 3.0.x before 3.0.8, the BT ATT dissector could crash. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-btatt.c by validating opcodes. (CVE-2020-7045)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
427535	Alpine: multiple wireshark packages, tshark: security update to 3.0.8-r0	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	medium
427535	Alpine: multiple wireshark packages, tshark: security update to 3.0.8-r0	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	medium
230260	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-7045	Nessus	Misc.	medium
400407	Alpine: tshark, multiple wireshark packages: security update to 3.0.7-r3 (deprecated)	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	medium
400407	Alpine: tshark, multiple wireshark packages: security update to 3.0.7-r3 (deprecated)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	medium
146291	Debian DLA-2547-1 : wireshark security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
133212	Wireshark 3.0.x < 3.0.8 A Vulnerability	Nessus	Windows	medium
133211	Wireshark 3.0.x < 3.0.8 A Vulnerability (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	medium

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