CVE-2017-11541 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

tcpdump 4.9.0 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the lldp_print function in print-lldp.c, related to util-print.c.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01047.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Redhat	Enterprise Linux
Tcpdump	Tcpdump

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tcpdump:tcpdump:4.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Package	CPE	Advisory	Released Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
tcpdump-14:4.9.2-3.el7	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7	RHEA-2018:0705	2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99941
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039307
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705
https://github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/tcpdump-vul/heap-buffer-overflow/util-print
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11541
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23
https://support.apple.com/HT208221
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11541

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-07-23T03:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:12:40.221Z

Reserved: 2017-07-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-11541

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-23T03:29:00.813

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-11541

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-07-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-11541 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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