PT-2017-9420 · Tcpdump+5 · Tcpdump+5

Published

2017-01-27

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Updated

2024-06-15

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CVE-2016-7929

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

VectorAV: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 4.9.0
Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the Juniper PPPoE ATM parser, specifically in the juniper parse header() function within print-juniper.c. This overflow can occur in versions of tcpdump before 4.9.0.
Recommendations For versions prior to 4.9.0, update to version 4.9.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the juniper parse header() function until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2019-1321
CESA-2017_1871
CVE-2016-7929
DLA-809-1
DSA-3775-1
MGASA-2017-0061
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11425-1
RHSA-2017:1871
RHSA-2017_1871
SUSE-SU-2017:1110-1
USN-3205-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux
Centos
Red Hat
Suse
Ubuntu
Tcpdump