CVE-2017-11108

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2017-07-07
CWE:
CWE-122
Bugzilla:
1472878: CVE-2017-11108 tcpdump: Heap buffer overflow in the EXTRACT_16BITS function

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

tcpdump 4.9.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via crafted packet data. The crash occurs in the EXTRACT_16BITS function, called from the stp_print function for the Spanning Tree Protocol.

Find out more about CVE-2017-11108 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 3.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (tcpdump) RHEA-2018:0705 2018-04-10

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 tcpdump Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 tcpdump Will not fix

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