CVE-2017-5342
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 5.6%
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().
How to fix CVE-2017-5342
To remediate CVE-2017-5342, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/tcpdump—upgrade to 4.9.0-r0 or later
- Debian/tcpdump—upgrade to 4.9.0-1 or later
Is CVE-2017-5342 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 5.6%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.9.0-r0
- from 0, < 4.9.0-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |