tcpdump CVE-2017-11544 Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:99937

Info

tcpdump CVE-2017-11544 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 99937
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2017-11544
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 22 2017 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 22 2017 12:00AM
Credit: hackerlib.
Vulnerable: tcpdump tcpdump 4.9
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

tcpdump CVE-2017-11544 Denial of Service Vulnerability

tcpdump is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to cause applications to crash with a segmentation fault, denying service to legitimate users.

tcpdump 4.9.0 is vulnerable; other versions may also be vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

tcpdump CVE-2017-11544 Denial of Service Vulnerability

The researcher has created a proof-of-concept to demonstrate the issue. Please see the references for more information.

References

tcpdump CVE-2017-11544 Denial of Service Vulnerability

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