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Vigil@nce - Wireshark: denial of service via Kafka Dissector
October 2020 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/?langue=2
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
– Impacted products: Fedora, Solaris, Wireshark.
– Severity: 2/4.
– Consequences: denial of service on service, denial of service on
client.
– Provenance: intranet client.
– Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
– Creation date: 13/08/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a fatal error via Kafka Dissector of
Wireshark, in order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Wireshark-denial-of-service-via-Kafka-Dissector-33068
