CVE-2020-8037

ppp decapsulator can be convinced to allocate a large amount of memory

EPSS 3.1%

Vexday Risk Score

3Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS —EPSS 3.1%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch referenciado

Lifecycle

04 Nov 2020Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

The ppp decapsulator in tcpdump 4.9.3 can be convinced to allocate a large amount of memory.

Affected products

The TCPdump Group · tcpdump

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References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Apr/51 https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/32027e199368dad9508965aae8cd8de5b6ab5231 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00018.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F2MX34MJIUJQGL6CMEPLTKFOOOC3CJ4Z/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LWDBONZVLC6BAOR2KM376DJCM4H3FERV/https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212325 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212326 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212327