Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-8037: tcpdump ppp decapsulator can be convinced to allocate a large amount of memory
5
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
11/04/2020
01/05/2021
01/04/2021
01/04/2021
Description
The ppp decapsulator in tcpdump 4.9.3 can be convinced to allocate a large amount of memory.
Solution(s)
- alpine-linux-upgrade-tcpdump
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