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CentOS Linux: CVE-2020-8037: Low: tcpdump security and bug fix update (CESA-2021:4236)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2020-8037: Low: tcpdump security and bug fix update (CESA-2021:4236)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/04/2020
Created
11/11/2021
Added
11/10/2021
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

The ppp decapsulator in tcpdump 4.9.3 can be convinced to allocate a large amount of memory.

Solution(s)

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

References

  • CVE-2020-8037

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