vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2020-8037: ELSA-2021-4236: tcpdump security and bug fix update (LOW) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Apr 20, 2020
Added
Nov 17, 2021
Modified
Nov 27, 2024

Description

The ppp decapsulator in tcpdump 4.9.3 can be convinced to allocate a large amount of memory.
A flaw was found in tcpdump while printing PPP packets captured in a pcap file or coming from the network. This flaw allows a remote attacker to send specially crafted packets that, when printed, can lead the application to allocate a large amount of memory, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Solution

oracle-linux-upgrade-tcpdump
Title
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