tcpdump 4.9.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via crafted packet data. The crash occurs in the EXTRACT_16BITS function, called from the stp_print function for the Spanning Tree Protocol.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade tcpdump | Sep 20, 2017 | Jul 8, 2017 |
| Apple Osx Tcpdump | — | Apply OS X security update 2017-001 SierraUpgrade macOS to the latest version | Nov 1, 2017 | Jul 8, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade tcpdump | Sep 13, 2017 | Jul 8, 2017 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade net-analyzer/tcpdump. | Oct 30, 2017 | Jul 8, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade tcpdump | Dec 4, 2019 | Jul 8, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade tcpdump | Dec 18, 2019 | Jul 8, 2017 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade diagnostic/tcpdump to version 4.9.2-0.175.3.26.0.3.0 on Solaris 11.3 | Aug 21, 2017 | Jul 8, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 7, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade tcpdump | Oct 10, 2017 | Jul 8, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade tcpdump | Sep 14, 2017 | Jul 8, 2017 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Jul 8, 2017 |
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