CVE-2017-5204
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
Description
The IPv6 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-ip6.c:ip6_print().
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 4.9.0-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | 9.0 | affected | |
| rhel | 7.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.9.0-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.9.0-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.9.0-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.9.0-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.9.0-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| tcpdump | tcpdump | {"endExcluding":"4.9.0"} | 4.9.0 |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201702-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3775
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95852
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037755
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1871
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-30
- https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg1494526.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5204.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5204
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.