PT-2017-13016 · Alt+4 · Alt Linux+3

Published 2017-09-10 · Updated 2025-12-04 · CVE-2017-13687

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions tcpdump versions prior to 4.9.2 ALT Linux (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a buffer over-read in the Cisco HDLC parser. There is no information provided about the estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide or real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations For tcpdump versions prior to 4.9.2, update to version 4.9.2 or later to resolve the issue. For ALT Linux, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2019-1321

CVE-2017-13687

DLA-1097-1

DSA-3971-1

MGASA-2017-0335

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11425-1

SUSE-SU-2017:2854-1

SUSE-SU-2019:14191-1

SUSE-SU-2019_14191-1

USN-3415-1

USN-3415-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

Tcpdump

References · 283

• 🔥 https://github.com/arntsonl/CVE-2015-2153 · Exploit
• https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/a1eefe986065846b6c69dbc09afd9fa1a02c4a3d · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13022 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13020 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13038 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13019 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-13687 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13014 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12999 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13039 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13002 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12992 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13046 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13015 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13048 · Vendor Advisory