Buffer overflow in Tcpdump - CVE-2017-13011

Vulnerability identifier: #VU8331

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-2017-13011

CWE-ID: CWE-120

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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 the bittok2str_internal component. A remote attacker can send an overly long string argument, trigger buffer overflow and cause the application to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

Tcpdump
Debian Linux
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tcpdump (Red Hat package)

Update to version 4.9.2.

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

• http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txt

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Tcpdump
• Arch Linux update for tcpdump
• Debian update for tcpdump
• Gentoo update for Tcpdump
• Ubuntu update for tcpdump
• Ubuntu update for tcpdump
• Slackware Linux update for tcpdump
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM AIX
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 update for tcpdump