Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting tcpdump package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.83% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-TCPDUMP-1366303
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed13 Sept 2017

Introduced: 13 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-12990  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL: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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The ISAKMP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 could enter an infinite loop due to bugs in print-isakmp.c, several functions.