High severity · published Jul 8, 2017
CVE-2017-11108
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
7.5
CVSS
4.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.9% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TC
Tcpdump · Tcpdump
4.9.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11108
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11108
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468504
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23
support.apple.com
https://support.apple.com/HT208221
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