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UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16808 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceUBUNTU-CVE-2017-16808

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16808

MEDIUM5.5

tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read related to aoe_print in print-aoe.c and lookup_emem in addrtoname.c.

Published Nov 13, 2017

Modified 9 months ago

Fix available

Details

tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read related to aoe_print in print-aoe.c and lookup_emem in addrtoname.c.

Affected Packages

tcpdump

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Fixed in:

4.9.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

tcpdump

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Fixed in:

4.9.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

tcpdump

Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS

Fixed in:

4.9.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039773

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16808

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4252-1

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4252-2

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16808

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

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

Upstream

Related

USN-4252-1 USN-4252-2

Ecosystems

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS

Timeline

PublishedNov 13, 2017

ModifiedSep 8, 2025