CVE-2020-8037
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-11-04 17:55
Modified
2024-09-16 20:27
Severity ?
Summary
ppp decapsulator can be convinced to allocate a large amount of memory
References
security@tcpdump.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Apr/51Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@tcpdump.orghttps://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/32027e199368dad9508965aae8cd8de5b6ab5231Patch, Third Party Advisory
security@tcpdump.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@tcpdump.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F2MX34MJIUJQGL6CMEPLTKFOOOC3CJ4Z/
security@tcpdump.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LWDBONZVLC6BAOR2KM376DJCM4H3FERV/
security@tcpdump.orghttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT212325Third Party Advisory
security@tcpdump.orghttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT212326Third Party Advisory
security@tcpdump.orghttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT212327Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
The TCPdump Grouptcpdump
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