CVE-2016-7993
N/A
Published: January 28, 2017 at 01:33 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:53 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTcpdump
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
A bug in util-print.c:relts_print() in tcpdump before 4.9.0 could cause a buffer overflow in multiple protocol parsers (DNS, DVMRP, HSRP, IGMP, lightweight resolver protocol, PIM).
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3775VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95852Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1871Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-30x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg1494526.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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