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IBM AIX: tcpdump_advisory3 (CVE-2017-11542): Vulnerabilities in tcpdump affect AIX

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jul 22, 2017
Added
Nov 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

tcpdump 4.9.0 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the pimv1_print function in print-pim.c.

Solution

ibm-aix-tcpdump_advisory3
Title
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