vulnerability
Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-7940: tcpdump: Multiple vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jan 27, 2017 | Oct 30, 2017 | Mar 31, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 27, 2017
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 31, 2026
Description
The STP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-stp.c, multiple functions.
Solution
gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-analyzer-tcpdump
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