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CVE-2017-11543 (GCVE-0-2017-11543)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-07-23 03:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 18:12
VLAI
Summary
tcpdump 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in the sliplink_print function in print-sl.c.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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https://support.apple.com/HT208221 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039307 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99939 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/m… x_refsource_MISC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Date Public
2017-07-22 00:00
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