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CVE-2014-9140

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Description

Buffer overflow in the ppp_hdlc function in print-ppp.c in tcpdump 4.6.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) cia a crafted PPP packet.

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0511.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00084.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130730/tcpdump-Denial-Of-Service-Code-Execution.html

http://seclists.org/tcpdump/2014/q4/72

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3086

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3193

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:240

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:125

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534829/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71468

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2433-1

https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/0f95d441e4b5d7512cc5c326c8668a120e048eda

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2014-12-05

Updated: 2018-10-09

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: MEDIUM

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