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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2015-2153) ELSA-2017-1871: tcpdump security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2015-2153) ELSA-2017-1871: tcpdump security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/24/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/08/2017
Modified
01/22/2018

Description

The rpki_rtr_pdu_print function in print-rpki-rtr.c in the TCP printer in tcpdump before 4.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write and crash) via a crafted header length in an RPKI-RTR Protocol Data Unit (PDU).

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-tcpdump

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