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CentOS Linux: CVE-2016-7993: Moderate: tcpdump security, bug fix, and enhancement update (CESA-2017:1871)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2016-7993: Moderate: tcpdump security, bug fix, and enhancement update (CESA-2017:1871)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/28/2017
Created
08/29/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

A bug in util-print.c:relts_print() in tcpdump before 4.9.0 could cause a buffer overflow in multiple protocol parsers (DNS, DVMRP, HSRP, IGMP, lightweight resolver protocol, PIM).

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-tcpdump
  • centos-upgrade-tcpdump-debuginfo

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