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CVE-2017-16808

Publication date 13 November 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
tcpdump 19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco Ignored
18.10 cosmic Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.9.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
17.10 artful Ignored
17.04 zesty Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.9.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
tcpdump

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4252-2
    • tcpdump vulnerabilities
    • 27 January 2020
    • USN-4252-1
    • tcpdump vulnerabilities
    • 27 January 2020

Other references