CVE-2014-9140

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-9140
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-05 16:59:12 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the ppp_hdlc function in print-ppp.c in tcpdump 4.6.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) cia a crafted PPP packet.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Tcpdump All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
APPLE-SA-2015-08-13-2 OS X Yosemite v10.10.5 and Security Update 2015-006 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3193-1 tcpdump af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
openSUSE-SU-2015:0616-1: moderate: Security update for tcpdump af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
tcpdump: Re: Official patches for CVE-2014-8767/CVE-2014-8768/CVE-2014-8769? af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
About the security content of OS X Yosemite v10.10.5 and Security Update 2015-006 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0511 - Updated tcpdump package fixes security vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
tcpdump Denial Of Service / Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
USN-2433-1: tcpdump vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Do bounds checking when unescaping PPP. · 0f95d44 · the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3086-1 tcpdump af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Vendor Advisory
tcpdump CVE-2014-9140 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2014:240 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:125 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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