VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-11543
tcpdump 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in the sliplink_print function in print-sl.c.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 6.20%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.20%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
tcpdump 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in the sliplink_print function in print-sl.c.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 6.20% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- tcpdump/tcpdump
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99939Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039307
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705
- https://github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/tcpdump-vul/global-overflow/print-slExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23
- https://support.apple.com/HT208221
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99939Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039307
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705
- https://github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/tcpdump-vul/global-overflow/print-slExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23
- https://support.apple.com/HT208221
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.