Out-of-bounds Read Affecting tcpdump package, versions <4.9.2-0ubuntu0.17.04.2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.01% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1704-TCPDUMP-390162
  • published14 Sept 2017
  • disclosed14 Sept 2017

Introduced: 14 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-13688  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:17.04 tcpdump to version 4.9.2-0ubuntu0.17.04.2 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:17.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

The OLSR parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 has a buffer over-read in print-olsr.c:olsr_print().