Integer Underflow Affecting tcpdump package, versions [0,4.7.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
12.11% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TCPDUMP-2429206
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed20 Nov 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Nov 2014

CVE-2014-8768  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-191  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade tcpdump to version 4.7.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Underflow. Multiple Integer underflows in the geonet_print function in tcpdump 4.5.0 through 4.6.2, when in verbose mode, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted length value in a Geonet frame.

CVSS Scores

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