vulnerability
Arch Linux: Denial of service (CVE-2017-12990)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Sep 14, 2017 | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Sep 14, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
An infinite loop vulnerability was discovered in tcpdump's handling of ISAKMP 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 enter an infinite loop while processing the packet data leading to denial of service.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
Rapid7 Labs
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