CVE-2017-16808

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-16808
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-13 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
Descriptiontcpdump before 4.9.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read related to aoe_print in print-aoe.c and lookup_emem in addrtoname.c.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-125 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Tcpdump Tcpdump 4.9.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Heap Overread triggered by sending specific packets over a interface being monitored by TCPDump, as well as while trying to parse the pcap file of these packets · Issue #645 · the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
tcpdump/CHANGES at tcpdump-4.9 · the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
USN-4252-2: tcpdump vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
Slackware Security Advisory - tcpdump Updates ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1964-1: moderate: Security update f af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: tcpdump-4.9.3-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Bugtraq: [slackware-security] tcpdump (SSA:2019-274-01) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2348-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2344-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Tcpdump Heap Overread in 'addrtoname.c' Lets Remote Users Cause the Target Service to Crash - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: tcpdump-4.9.3-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-4252-1: tcpdump vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
Bugtraq: APPLE-SA-2019-12-10-3 macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
About the security content of macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: tcpdump-4.9.3-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2019-12-10-3 macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: tcpdump-4.9.3-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: tcpdump-4.9.3-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: tcpdump-4.9.3-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296080 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 13.4.0 Missing (CPUJUL2019)
  • 500686 Alpine Linux Security Update for tcpdump
  • 504455 Alpine Linux Security Update for tcpdump
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