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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2014-8768: tcpdump: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2014-8768: tcpdump: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/20/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Multiple Integer underflows in the geonet_print function in tcpdump 4.5.0 through 4.6.2, when in verbose mode, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted length value in a Geonet frame.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-analyzer-tcpdump

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