# CVE-2020-13164: In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.3, 3.0.0 to 3.0.10, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.16, the NFS dissector could crash.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-05-19 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.3, 3.0.0 to 3.0.10, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.16, the NFS dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-nfs.c by preventing excessive recursion, such as for a cycle in the directory graph on a filesystem.

## What to do

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## References

- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16476
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-08.html
- https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e6e98eab8e5e0bbc982cfdc808f2469d7cab6c5a
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5UOISPQTRCZGQLKBVXEDL72AEXEHS425/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DNV3EYL4JBWCR22TJO3PH7ADUVS5RWSU/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-13
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00038.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00008.html

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