| Name | CVE-2016-7933 |
| Description | The PPP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-ppp.c:ppp_hdlc_if_print(). |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-809-1, DSA-3775-1 |
| NVD severity | high (attack range: remote) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| tcpdump (PTS) | jessie (security), jessie | 4.9.2-1~deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch | 4.9.2-1~deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster, sid | 4.9.2-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tcpdump | source | (unstable) | 4.9.0-1 | high | ||
| tcpdump | source | jessie | 4.9.0-1~deb8u1 | high | DSA-3775-1 | |
| tcpdump | source | wheezy | 4.9.0-1~deb7u1 | high | DLA-809-1 |