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CVE-2020-8037

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Date: November 4, 2020

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

Language: C

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (11)

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F2MX34MJIUJQGL6CMEPLTKFOOOC3CJ4Z/

Url: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212325

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8037

Url: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Apr/51

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8037

Url: https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/32027e199368dad9508965aae8cd8de5b6ab5231

Url: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212327

Url: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212326

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00018.html

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LWDBONZVLC6BAOR2KM376DJCM4H3FERV/

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2020-8037

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CWE-770

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 4.10.0-bp

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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