Out-of-Bounds Affecting tcpdump package, versions <4.6.2-3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
13.38% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-TCPDUMP-519561
  • published5 Dec 2014
  • disclosed5 Dec 2014

Introduced: 5 Dec 2014

CVE-2014-9140  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 tcpdump to version 4.6.2-3 or higher.

NVD Description

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

Buffer overflow in the ppp_hdlc function in print-ppp.c in tcpdump 4.6.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) cia a crafted PPP packet.

CVSS Scores

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