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


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.82% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-TCPDUMP-1977924
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed18 Jul 2017

Introduced: 18 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-11541  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (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.

tcpdump 4.9.0 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the lldp_print function in print-lldp.c, related to util-print.c.