vulnerability
IBM AIX: tcpdump_advisory5 (CVE-2017-16808): Vulnerabilities in tcpdump affect AIX
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Nov 13, 2017 | Jan 9, 2020 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Nov 13, 2017
Added
Jan 9, 2020
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read related to aoe_print in print-aoe.c and lookup_emem in addrtoname.c.
Solution
ibm-aix-tcpdump_advisory5
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