CVE-2020-8037 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Tcpdump Group Tcpdump

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption13 documents9 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
OSV7.8
EPSS
0.3%
top 49.21%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
TcpdumpApple MAC OS XApple Macos+3 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 4
Latest updateMay 24

Description

The ppp decapsulator in tcpdump 4.9.3 can be convinced to allocate a large amount of memory.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages6 packages

▶Debiantcpdump/tcpdump< 4.9.3-7+3
▶Ubuntutcpdump/tcpdump< 4.9.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.2+2
▶NVDtcpdump/tcpdump4.9.3
▶CVEListV5the_tcpdump_group/tcpdump4.9.3
▶NVDapple/macos11.0 — 11.3

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0, Fedora 32, 33

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
GHSA
GHSA-qggh-75q9-j3rf: The ppp decapsulator in tcpdump 4↗2022-05-24
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OSV
tcpdump vulnerabilities↗2022-04-11
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OSV
tcpdump vulnerabilities↗2022-03-16
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OSV
CVE-2020-8037: The ppp decapsulator in tcpdump 4↗2020-11-04
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CVEList
ppp decapsulator can be convinced to allocate a large amount of memory↗2020-11-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

7
Ubuntu
tcpdump vulnerabilities↗2022-04-11
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Ubuntu
tcpdump vulnerabilities↗2022-03-16
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Apple
CVE-2020-8037: macOS Big Sur 11.3↗2021-04-26
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Apple
CVE-2020-8037: Security Update 2021-002 Catalina↗2021-04-26
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Microsoft
ppp decapsulator can be convinced to allocate a large amount of memory↗2020-11-10
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CVE-2020-8037 — THE Tcpdump Group Tcpdump vulnerability | cvebase