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Red Hat: CVE-2023-41910: lldpd: CDP PDU Packet cdp.c out-of-bounds read (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2023-41910: lldpd: CDP PDU Packet cdp.c out-of-bounds read (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
09/05/2023
Created
11/14/2024
Added
11/13/2024
Modified
11/26/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in lldpd before 1.0.17. By crafting a CDP PDU packet with specific CDP_TLV_ADDRESSES TLVs, a malicious actor can remotely force the lldpd daemon to perform an out-of-bounds read on heap memory. This occurs in cdp_decode in daemon/protocols/cdp.c.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-lldpd
  • redhat-upgrade-lldpd-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-lldpd-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-lldpd-devel

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