PT-2020-21754 · Git+1 · Pcapplusplus
Published
2020-07-22
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Updated
2020-07-22
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Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
No specific software or versions are mentioned in the provided description.
Description
A heap buffer overflow read issue is identified, related to the parsing of IPv6 extensions. The crash occurs in the
getExtensionLen function of the IPv6Extension class, which is called by the parseExtensions function of the IPv6Layer class, and ultimately by the IPv6Layer constructor. No information is provided about the estimated number of potentially affected devices or real-world incidents.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.
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Affected Products
Pcapplusplus