Buffer overflow in Tcpdump - CVE-2017-11543

 

Buffer overflow in Tcpdump - CVE-2017-11543

Published: September 13, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8330
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11543
CWE-ID: CWE-120
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition or execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to boundary error in the sliplink_print function in print-sl.c. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data, trigger buffer overflow and cause the application to crash or execute arbitrary code.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

Affected software

Tcpdump
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Arch Linux
IBM AIX
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Ubuntu
Slackware Linux
tcpdump
tcpdump (Red Hat package)

How to mitigate CVE-2017-11543

Update to version 4.9.2.

tcpdump - update to 4.9.1-1
tcpdump (Red Hat package) - update to 4.9.2-3.el7

External References

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