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IBM AIX: tcpdump_advisory3 (CVE-2017-12997): Vulnerabilities in tcpdump affect AIX

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IBM AIX: tcpdump_advisory3 (CVE-2017-12997): Vulnerabilities in tcpdump affect AIX

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/14/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/30/2017
Modified
12/01/2017

Description

The LLDP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 could enter an infinite loop due to a bug in print-lldp.c:lldp_private_8021_print().

Solution(s)

  • ibm-aix-tcpdump_advisory3

References

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