#VU6741 Buffer overflow in Tcpdump - CVE-2016-7935 

 

#VU6741 Buffer overflow in Tcpdump - CVE-2016-7935

Published: May 25, 2017 / Updated: May 30, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU6741
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7935
CWE-ID: CWE-120
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Tcpdump
Software vendor:
Tcpdump.org

Description

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

The weakness exists due to buffer overflow in the print-udp.c:rtp_print() in the RTP parser. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted RTP protocol to trigger memory corruption and cause the application to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result system compromise.

Remediation

Update to version 4.9.0.

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