CVE-2024-2397

medium

Description

Due to a bug in packet data buffers management, the PPP printer in tcpdump can enter an infinite loop when reading a crafted DLT_PPP_SERIAL .pcap savefile. This problem does not affect any tcpdump release, but it affected the git master branch from 2023-06-05 to 2024-03-21.

References

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/HUUI2MBVHFENXNBCHDQZP2RBBA2VD5HG/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GEZRGR3QCW2ZNFIAWMZZOG4ZLFLFNG2M/

https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/b9811ef5bb1b7d45a90e042f81f3aaf233c8bcb2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-04-12

Updated: 2024-06-10

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: 6.2

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

Severity: Medium