CVE-2017-16808
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.9.3~git20190901-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.9.3~git20190901-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.9.3~git20190901-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.9.3~git20190901-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.9.3~git20190901-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| tcpdump | tcpdump | 4.9.2 | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00065.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154710/Slackware-Security-Advisory-tcpdump-Updates.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039773
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/issues/645
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDXHH4QDSDMU/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/2
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-2/
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16808.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16808
CWEs
CWE-125
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.