Infinite loop in Tcpdump - CVE-2024-2397
Published: May 6, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU89150
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2397
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in PPP printer when handling the DLT_PPP_SERIAL .pcap savefile. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file and cause denial of service conditions.
Affected software
Tcpdump
Fedora
tcpdump
Fedora
tcpdump
How to mitigate CVE-2024-2397
Note, the vulnerability does not affect any tcpdump release, but it affected the git master branch from 2023-06-05 to 2024-03-21.
tcpdump - addressed in versions 4.99.4-4.fc39, 4.99.4-7.fc40