Out-of-Bounds Affecting tcpdump package, versions <4.9.0-1ubuntu1~ubuntu12.04.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.85% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-TCPDUMP-391003
  • published28 Jan 2017
  • disclosed28 Jan 2017

Introduced: 28 Jan 2017

CVE-2017-5341  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:12.04 tcpdump to version 4.9.0-1ubuntu1~ubuntu12.04.1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

The OTV parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-otv.c:otv_print().