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.

An update of the tcpdump package has been released.

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-272860364f advisory.

  - 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. (CVE-2024-2397)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-e375e28b45 advisory.

    Fix for CVE-2024-2397

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
204132	Photon OS 5.0: Tcpdump PHSA-2024-5.0-0237	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
203725	Photon OS 3.0: Tcpdump PHSA-2024-3.0-0744	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
203553	Photon OS 4.0: Tcpdump PHSA-2024-4.0-0587	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
196934	Fedora 39 : tcpdump (2024-272860364f)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
195323	Fedora 40 : tcpdump (2024-e375e28b45)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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CVE-2024-2397

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