CVE-2020-8037
tcpdump - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.27%
Description
The ppp decapsulator in tcpdump 4.9.3 can be convinced to allocate a large amount of memory.
How to fix CVE-2020-8037
To remediate CVE-2020-8037, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/tcpdump—upgrade to 4.9.3-r1 or later
- Debian/tcpdump—upgrade to 4.9.3-7 or later
- —upgrade to 4.9.3-1~deb9u2 or later
Is CVE-2020-8037 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 4.9.3-r1
- from 0, < 4.9.3-7
- from 0, < 4.9.3-1~deb9u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |