Out-of-bounds Read Affecting tcpdump package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.85% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-TCPDUMP-1971224
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed2 Feb 2017

Introduced: 2 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-7925  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 tcpdump.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tcpdump package and not the tcpdump package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The compressed SLIP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-sl.c:sl_if_print().