Infinite loop in Tcpdump - CVE-2024-2397
Published: May 6, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU89150
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2397
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Tcpdump.org
Affected software:
Tcpdump
Tcpdump
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
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.