CVE-2017-11108
tcpdump - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.1%
Description
tcpdump 4.9.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via crafted packet data. The crash occurs in the EXTRACT_16BITS function, called from the stp_print function for the Spanning Tree Protocol.
How to fix CVE-2017-11108
To remediate CVE-2017-11108, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/tcpdump—upgrade to 4.9.1-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 4.9.1-1 or later
- —upgrade to 4.9.0-1~deb7u2 or later
- —upgrade to 4.9.2-1~deb8u1 or later
Is CVE-2017-11108 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 4.9.1-r0
- from 0, < 4.9.1-1
- from 0, < 4.9.0-1~deb7u2
- from 0, < 4.9.2-1~deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |