Reachable Assertion Affecting lldpd package, versions <0.7.19-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-LLDPD-522616
  • published27 Jun 2018
  • disclosed28 Jan 2020

Introduced: 27 Jun 2018

CVE-2015-8012  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 lldpd to version 0.7.19-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream lldpd package and not the lldpd package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

lldpd before 0.8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon crash) via a malformed packet.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1