CVE-2015-8011 — Classic Buffer Overflow in Project Lldpd

CWE-120 — Classic Buffer Overflow7 documents7 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
4.2%
top 11.22%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Lldpd Project LldpdOpenvswitchDebian Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedJan 28
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Buffer overflow in the lldp_decode function in daemon/protocols/lldp.c in lldpd before 0.8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving large management addresses and TLV boundaries.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDlldpd_project/lldpd0.5.6 — 0.8.0
▶Debianlldpd_project/lldpd< 0.7.19-1+3
▶Debianopenvswitch/openvswitch< 2.15.0~git20210104.def6eb1ea+dfsg1-1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 9.0, Fedora 33

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-9f79-mcm7-48p3: Buffer overflow in the lldp_decode function in daemon/protocols/lldp↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2015-8011: Buffer overflow in the lldp_decode function in daemon/protocols/lldp↗2020-01-28
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CVEList
CVE-2015-8011: Buffer overflow in the lldp_decode function in daemon/protocols/lldp↗2020-01-28
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Open vSwitch vulnerabilities↗2021-01-13
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Red Hat
lldpd: buffer overflow in the lldp_decode function in daemon/protocols/lldp.c↗2015-10-15
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Debian
CVE-2015-8011: lldpd - Buffer overflow in the lldp_decode function in daemon/protocols/lldp.c in lldpd ...↗2015
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