Description
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.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6f56fc9496db158218243ea87e3660c874a0bab0
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16474
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-07.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-13
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00026.html
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00038.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00008.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0167
EPSS Percentile
82.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-674
Status
published
Products (4)
debian/debian_linux
9.0
opensuse/leap
15.1
opensuse/leap
15.2
wireshark/wireshark
2.6.0 - 2.6.15
Published
Apr 10, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026