tcpdump CVE-2014-8769 Out-of-bounds Memory Access Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	71153
Class:	Unknown
CVE:	CVE-2014-8769
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Nov 18 2014 12:00AM
Updated:	Nov 03 2015 07:02PM
Credit:	Steffen Bauch
Vulnerable:	Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 14.10 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS i386 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS amd64 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 sparc Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 powerpc Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 i386 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 ARM Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 amd64 tcpdump tcpdump 3.9.6 tcpdump tcpdump 3.9.4 tcpdump tcpdump 3.9.1 tcpdump tcpdump 3.8.3 tcpdump tcpdump 4.6.2 tcpdump tcpdump 4.5.0 Pexip AS Infinity 8 Pexip AS Infinity 7 Pexip AS Infinity 6 Pexip AS Infinity 5 Pexip AS Infinity 4 Pexip AS Infinity 3 Pexip AS Infinity 2 Pexip AS Infinity 1 Mandriva Business Server 1 X86 64 Mandriva Business Server 1 IBM Vios 2.2.3 IBM Vios 2.2.1 4 IBM Vios 2.2 IBM Vios 2.2.3.4 IBM Vios 2.2.3.3 IBM Vios 2.2.3.2 IBM Vios 2.2.3.0 IBM Vios 2.2.2.5 IBM Vios 2.2.2.4 IBM Vios 2.2.2.0 IBM Vios 2.2.1.9 IBM Vios 2.2.1.8 IBM Vios 2.2.1.3 IBM Vios 2.2.1.1 IBM Vios 2.2.1.0 IBM Vios 2.2.0.13 IBM Vios 2.2.0.12 IBM Vios 2.2.0.11 IBM Vios 2.2.0.10 IBM AIX 7.1.2 IBM AIX 7.1.1 IBM AIX 7.1 6 IBM AIX 7.1 IBM AIX 6.1.8 IBM AIX 6.1.7 5 IBM AIX 6.1.7 IBM AIX 6.1.6 IBM AIX 6.1.5 IBM AIX 6.1.4 IBM AIX 6.1.3 IBM AIX 6.1.2 IBM AIX 6.1.1 IBM AIX 7.1.2.15 IBM AIX 7.1.1.5 IBM AIX 7.1.1.16 IBM AIX 7.1 IBM AIX 6.1.7.16 IBM AIX 6.1 Gentoo Linux Debian Linux 6.0 sparc Debian Linux 6.0 s/390 Debian Linux 6.0 powerpc Debian Linux 6.0 mips Debian Linux 6.0 ia-64 Debian Linux 6.0 ia-32 Debian Linux 6.0 arm Debian Linux 6.0 amd64 Apple Mac Os X 10.10.4 Apple Mac Os X 10.10.3 Apple Mac OS X 10.10.2 Apple Mac OS X 10.10.1 Apple Mac OS X 10.10 AlienVault AlienVault 4.15 AlienVault AlienVault 4.13 AlienVault AlienVault 4.12.1 AlienVault AlienVault 4.12
Not Vulnerable:	Pexip AS Infinity 8.1 Apple Mac Os X 10.10.5 AlienVault AlienVault 4.15.1

tcpdump CVE-2014-8769 Out-of-bounds Memory Access Vulnerability

tcpdump is prone to an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability.



An attacker can exploit this issue to cause an out-of-bounds accesses or memory leak that may lead to packet loss.



tcpdump versions 3.8 through 4.6.2 are vulnerable.

tcpdump CVE-2014-8769 Out-of-bounds Memory Access Vulnerability

Attackers can use standard, readily available tools to exploit this issue.

The following exploit is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/71153.py

tcpdump CVE-2014-8769 Out-of-bounds Memory Access Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently, we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

tcpdump CVE-2014-8769 Out-of-bounds Memory Access Vulnerability

References:

• tcpdump/libpcap Homepage (LBL)