CVE-2020-8037

critical

Description

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

References

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212327

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212326

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212325

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LWDBONZVLC6BAOR2KM376DJCM4H3FERV/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F2MX34MJIUJQGL6CMEPLTKFOOOC3CJ4Z/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00018.html

https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/32027e199368dad9508965aae8cd8de5b6ab5231

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Apr/51

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-11-04

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Critical