PT-2014-8724 · Tcpdump+3 · Tcpdump+3

Steffen Bauch · Published 2014-11-20 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2014-8769

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions tcpdump versions 3.8 through 4.6.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from memory or cause a denial of service, such as packet loss or segmentation fault, via a crafted Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector (AODV) packet. This packet triggers an out-of-bounds memory access.

Recommendations For versions 3.8 through 4.6.2, update to a version that fixes the out-of-bounds memory access issue to prevent potential attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-8769

DLA-102-1

DSA-3086-1

MGASA-2014-0503

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10396-1

SUSE-RU-2015:0335-1

SUSE-SU-2015:0692-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1110-1

USN-2433-1

Affected Products

Ibm Aix

Suse

Ubuntu

Tcpdump

References · 105

• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129157/tcpdump-4.6.2-AOVD-Unreliable-Output.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/49 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/71153 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9140 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8768 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2014-0503 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0503.html · Security Note
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:240 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2433-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8769 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-8769 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00062.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10396-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:125 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8769 · Vendor Advisory