The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 3.2.3. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the wireshark-3.2.3 advisory.

  - In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.2, 3.0.0 to 3.0.9, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.15, the BACapp dissector could crash. This     was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-bacapp.c by limiting the amount of recursion. (CVE-2020-11647)

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 Windows host is prior to 3.0.10. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the wireshark-3.0.10 advisory.

  - In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.2, 3.0.0 to 3.0.9, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.15, the BACapp dissector could crash. This     was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-bacapp.c by limiting the amount of recursion. (CVE-2020-11647)

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

This update for wireshark fixes the following issues :

Wireshark to 3.2.5 :

  - CVE-2020-15466: GVCP dissector infinite loop     (bsc#1173606)

  - CVE-2020-13164: NFS dissector crash (bsc#1171899)

  - CVE-2020-11647: The BACapp dissector could crash     (bsc#1169063)

Further features, bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed in:
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-3.2.5.html

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

This update for wireshark fixes the following issues :

  - Wireshark to 3.2.5 :

  - CVE-2020-15466: GVCP dissector infinite loop     (bsc#1173606)

  - CVE-2020-13164: NFS dissector crash (bsc#1171899)

  - CVE-2020-11647: The BACapp dissector could crash     (bsc#1169063)

  - Further features, bug fixes and updated protocol support     as listed in:
    https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-3.2.5.
    html

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 2.6.16. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the wireshark-2.6.16 advisory.

  - In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.2, 3.0.0 to 3.0.9, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.15, the BACapp dissector could crash. This     was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-bacapp.c by limiting the amount of recursion. (CVE-2020-11647)

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

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202007-13 (Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark. Please       review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 3.0.10. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the wireshark-3.0.10 advisory.

  - In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.2, 3.0.0 to 3.0.9, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.15, the BACapp dissector could crash. This     was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-bacapp.c by limiting the amount of recursion. (CVE-2020-11647)

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

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 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 3.2.2, 3.0.0 to 3.0.9, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.15, the BACapp dissector could crash. This     was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-bacapp.c by limiting the amount of recursion. (CVE-2020-11647)

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

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 3.2.3. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the wireshark-3.2.3 advisory.

  - In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.2, 3.0.0 to 3.0.9, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.15, the BACapp dissector could crash. This     was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-bacapp.c by limiting the amount of recursion. (CVE-2020-11647)

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 Windows host is prior to 2.6.16. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the wireshark-2.6.16 advisory.

  - In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.2, 3.0.0 to 3.0.9, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.15, the BACapp dissector could crash. This     was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-bacapp.c by limiting the amount of recursion. (CVE-2020-11647)

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	Published	Updated	Severity
135856	Wireshark 3.2.x < 3.2.3 A Vulnerability (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	4/21/2020	5/2/2026	high
311471	Wireshark 3.0.x < 3.0.10 A Vulnerability	Nessus	Windows	5/2/2026	5/2/2026	high
139405	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2020:2144-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	8/7/2020	2/26/2024	high
139561	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-2020-1188)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	8/13/2020	2/26/2024	high
311473	Wireshark 2.6.x < 2.6.16 A Vulnerability (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	5/2/2026	5/2/2026	high
138936	GLSA-202007-13 : Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	7/27/2020	2/28/2024	high
139645	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-2020-1199)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	8/18/2020	2/26/2024	high
311470	Wireshark 3.0.x < 3.0.10 A Vulnerability (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	5/2/2026	5/2/2026	high
146291	Debian DLA-2547-1 : wireshark security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	2/8/2021	1/23/2024	high
222959	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-11647	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	9/14/2025	high
135857	Wireshark 3.2.x < 3.2.3 A Vulnerability	Nessus	Windows	4/21/2020	5/2/2026	high
311472	Wireshark 2.6.x < 2.6.16 A Vulnerability	Nessus	Windows	5/2/2026	5/2/2026	high

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