CVE-2017-5484 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Tcpdump

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-125 — Out-of-bounds ReadCWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound10 documents9 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
2.3%
top 15.28%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
TcpdumpDebian TcpdumpApple Macos Sierra 10.12.4 Security Update 2017-001 EL Capitan AND Security Update 201
Timeline
PublishedJan 28
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The ATM parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-atm.c:sig_print().

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/tcpdump< tcpdump 4.9.0-1 (bookworm)
▶Debiantcpdump/tcpdump< 4.9.0-1+3
▶NVDtcpdump/tcpdump4.8.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-xqgg-m8mq-7r3c: The ATM parser in tcpdump before 4↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2017-5484: The ATM parser in tcpdump before 4↗2017-01-28
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Apple
CVE-2017-5484: macOS Sierra 10.12.4, Security Update 2017-001 El Capitan, and Security Update 2017-001 Yosemite↗2017-03-27
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Ubuntu
tcpdump vulnerabilities↗2017-02-21
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Red Hat
tcpdump: multiple overflow issues in protocol decoding↗2017-02-02
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Debian
CVE-2017-5484: tcpdump - The ATM parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-atm.c:sig_...↗2017
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💬Community

3
HackerOne
CVE-2017-5484 The ATM parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-atm.c:sig_print()↗2019-10-08
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Bugzilla
tcpdump: multiple overflow issues in protocol decoding↗2017-02-03
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Bugzilla
tcpdump: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-02-03
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