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Oracle Linux: CVE-2016-7936: ELSA-2017-1871: tcpdump security, bug fix, and enhancement update (MODERATE) (Multiple Advisories)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2016-7936: ELSA-2017-1871: tcpdump security, bug fix, and enhancement update (MODERATE) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
02/02/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/16/2024
Modified
10/17/2024

Description

The UDP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-udp.c:udp_print(). Multiple out of bounds read and integer overflow vulnerabilities were found in tcpdump affecting the decoding of various protocols. An attacker could create a crafted pcap file or send specially crafted packets to the network segment where tcpdump is running in live capture mode (without -w) which could cause it to display incorrect data, crash or enter an infinite loop.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-tcpdump

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