Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting tcpdump package, versions <4.9.2-1
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-TCPDUMP-5696610
- published14 Sept 2017
- disclosed14 Sept 2017
Introduced: 14 Sep 2017
CVE-2017-12997 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:13 tcpdump to version 4.9.2-1 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:13 relevant fixed versions and status.
The LLDP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 could enter an infinite loop due to a bug in print-lldp.c:lldp_private_8021_print().
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12997
- https://support.apple.com/HT208221
- http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/34cec721d39c76be1e0a600829a7b17bdfb832b6
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100914
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039307
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-12997