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IBM AIX: tcpdump_advisory2 (CVE-2016-7940): Vulnerabilities in tcpdump affect AIX

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IBM AIX: tcpdump_advisory2 (CVE-2016-7940): Vulnerabilities in tcpdump affect AIX

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/27/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/30/2017
Modified
01/08/2018

Description

The STP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-stp.c, multiple functions.

Solution(s)

  • ibm-aix-tcpdump_advisory2

References

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