CVE-2017-11108 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468504 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23 https://support.apple.com/HT208221

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5