FKIE_CVE-2017-16808

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-11-13 21:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:09
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00065.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154710/Slackware-Security-Advisory-tcpdump-Updates.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039773Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/issues/645Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDXHH4QDSDMU/
cve@mitre.orghttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23
cve@mitre.orghttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/2
cve@mitre.orghttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-1/
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-2/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00065.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154710/Slackware-Security-Advisory-tcpdump-Updates.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039773Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/issues/645Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDXHH4QDSDMU/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-2/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
tcpdump tcpdump 4.9.2
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              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:tcpdump:tcpdump:4.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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    },
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  "id": "CVE-2017-16808",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:09:57.540",
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