| Name | CVE-2017-12989 |
| Description | The RESP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 could enter an infinite loop due to a bug in print-resp.c:resp_get_length(). |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SuSE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1097-1, DSA-3971-1 |
| NVD severity | medium (attack range: remote) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| tcpdump (PTS) | wheezy | 4.3.0-1+deb7u2 | vulnerable |
| wheezy (security) | 4.9.2-1~deb7u1 | fixed | |
| jessie | 4.9.0-1~deb8u1 | vulnerable | |
| jessie (security) | 4.9.2-1~deb8u1 | fixed | |
| stretch | 4.9.0-2 | vulnerable | |
| stretch (security) | 4.9.2-1~deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster, sid | 4.9.2-1 | 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) | 4.9.2-1 | medium | ||
| tcpdump | source | jessie | 4.9.2-1~deb8u1 | medium | DSA-3971-1 | |
| tcpdump | source | stretch | 4.9.2-1~deb9u1 | medium | DSA-3971-1 | |
| tcpdump | source | wheezy | 4.9.2-1~deb7u1 | medium | DLA-1097-1 |