Medium severity · published Nov 13, 2017
CVE-2017-16808
tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read related to aoe_print in print-aoe.c and lookup_emem in addrtoname.c
5.5
CVSS
3.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read related to aoe_print in print-aoe.c and lookup_emem in addrtoname.c.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.2% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TC
Tcpdump · Tcpdump
4.9.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16808
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16808
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00065.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html
packetstormsecurity.com
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154710/Slackware-Security-Advisory-tcpdump-Updates.html
seclists.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039773
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