CVE-2020-8037

HIGH | Platform: macOS | Changelog

CVE Details

Description

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

CVSS 3.1 Score

Metric	Value
Base Score	7.5 (HIGH)
Vector	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`

Weakness

CWE-770

References

Apple Security Advisory
NVD Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Apr/51 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/32027e199368dad9508965aae8cd8de5b6ab5231 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00018.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F2MX34MJIUJQGL6CMEPLTKFOOOC3CJ4Z/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LWDBONZVLC6BAOR2KM376DJCM4H3FERV/
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212326 (Third Party Advisory)
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212327 (Third Party Advisory)