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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-26418: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-26418: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/11/2020
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
10/02/2024

Description

Memory leak in Kafka protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.8 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-wireshark

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