Vulnerability CVE-2020-8037
Published: 2020-11-04

Description:
The ppp decapsulator in tcpdump 4.9.3 can be convinced to allocate a large amount of memory.

Type:

CWE-770

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Tcpdump -> Tcpdump 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/32027e199368dad9508965aae8cd8de5b6ab5231
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00018.html
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