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CVE-2017-5342

critical

Description

In tcpdump before 4.9.0, a bug in multiple protocol parsers (Geneve, GRE, NSH, OTV, VXLAN and VXLAN GPE) could cause a buffer overflow in print-ether.c:ether_print().

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-30

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1871

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95852

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3775

https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg1494526.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037755

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-01-28

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.07426