vulnerability
Arch Linux: Denial of service (CVE-2017-12901)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Sep 14, 2017 | Jul 11, 2025 | Dec 5, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 14, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Dec 5, 2025
Description
An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was discovered in tcpdump's handling of EIGRP in tcpdump <= 4.9.1. An attacker could craft a malicious pcap file or send specially crafted packets to the network that would cause tcpdump to crash while processing the packet data.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2017-12901
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-12901
- URL-http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971
- URL-http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039307
- URL-http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txt
- URL-https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705
- URL-https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/de981e6070d168b58ec1bb0713ded77ed4ad87f4
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201709-5
- URL-https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23
- URL-https://support.apple.com/HT208221
- CWE-125
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