UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11108

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11108

    Published: 8 Jul 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-11108

    Summary:

    Details: tcpdump 4.9.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via crafted packet data. The crash occurs in the EXTRACT_16BITS function, called from the stp_print function for the Spanning Tree Protocol.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11108, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468504, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3415-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3415-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11108

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tcpdump

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.9.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    4.4.0-1ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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