CVE-2014-8769
medium
CVSS v3
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VIR risk
6.4
Description
tcpdump 3.8 through 4.6.2 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from memory or cause a denial of service (packet loss or segmentation fault) via a crafted Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector (AODV) packet, which triggers an out-of-bounds memory access.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.6.2-2 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.6.2-2 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.6.2-2 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.6.2-2 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.6.2-2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | tcpdump | 3.8.0 | |
| redhat | tcpdump | 3.8.2 | |
| redhat | tcpdump | 3.9.2 | |
| redhat | tcpdump | 3.9.3 | |
| redhat | tcpdump | 3.9.4 | |
| redhat | tcpdump | 3.9.5 | |
| redhat | tcpdump | 3.9.6 | |
| redhat | tcpdump | 3.9.7 | |
| redhat | tcpdump | 3.9.8 | |
| redhat | tcpdump | 4.0.0 | |
| redhat | tcpdump | 4.1.0 | |
| redhat | tcpdump | 4.1.1 | |
| redhat | tcpdump | 4.1.2 | |
| redhat | tcpdump | 4.2.1 | |
| redhat | tcpdump | 4.3.0 | |
| redhat | tcpdump | 4.3.1 | |
| redhat | tcpdump | 4.4.0 | |
| redhat | tcpdump | 4.5.0 | |
| redhat | tcpdump | 4.5.1 | |
| redhat | tcpdump | 4.5.2 | |
| redhat | tcpdump | 4.6.0 | |
| redhat | tcpdump | 4.6.1 | |
| redhat | tcpdump | 4.6.2 | |
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0503.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00062.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129157/tcpdump-4.6.2-AOVD-Unreliable-Output.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/49
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3086
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:240
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:125
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534009/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71153
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2433-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98764
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8769
CWEs
CWE-119
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