Due to a bug in packet data buffers management, the PPP... · CVE-2024-2397 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

Due to a bug in packet data buffers management, the PPP...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Apr 12, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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

Published by the National Vulnerability Database

Apr 12, 2024

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 12, 2024

Severity

Moderate

6.2

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Local

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H