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VMware Photon OS: CVE-2024-2397

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VMware Photon OS: CVE-2024-2397

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
04/12/2024
Created
01/21/2025
Added
01/20/2025
Modified
02/04/2025

Description

Due to a bug in packet data buffers management, the PPP printer in tcpdump can enter an infinite loop when reading a crafted DLT_PPP_SERIAL .pcap savefile. This problem does not affect any tcpdump release, but it affected the git master branch from 2023-06-05 to 2024-03-21.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf

References

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