CVE-2016-7922 (GCVE-0-2016-7922)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-28 01:33 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:13
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The AH parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-ah.c:ah_print().
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037755 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3775 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1871 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40l… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95852 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-30 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
Date Public
2017-01-27 00:00
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