CVE-2024-2397

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2397
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-2397.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-2397
Downstream
Related
Published
2024-04-12T14:15:07Z
Modified
2025-10-21T17:35:31.890422Z
Severity
  • 6.2 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Due to a bug in packet data buffers management, the PPP printer in tcpdump can enter an infinite loop when reading a crafted DLTPPPSERIAL .pcap savefile. This problem does not affect any tcpdump release, but it affected the git master branch from 2023-06-05 to 2024-03-21.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
b9811ef5bb1b7d45a90e042f81f3aaf233c8bcb2

Affected versions

tcpdump-3.*

tcpdump-3.5.1
tcpdump-3.6.1
tcpdump-3.7.1
tcpdump-3.8-bp

tcpdump-4.*

tcpdump-4.5.0
tcpdump-4.6.0
tcpdump-4.6.0-bp
tcpdump-4.7.0-bp
tcpdump-4.9.0-bp
tcpdump-4.99-bp
tcpdump-4.99.0-bp

Database specific

vanir_signatures

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        "signature_type": "Function",
        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "335536015126687036770576115752116002197",
            "length": 2740.0
        },
        "target": {
            "file": "print.c",
            "function": "pretty_print_packet"
        },
        "source": "https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/b9811ef5bb1b7d45a90e042f81f3aaf233c8bcb2",
        "id": "CVE-2024-2397-1212083e",
        "deprecated": false,
        "signature_version": "v1"
    },
    {
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "131834283053629514890061248017437609093",
            "length": 1567.0
        },
        "target": {
            "file": "print-ppp.c",
            "function": "ppp_hdlc"
        },
        "source": "https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/b9811ef5bb1b7d45a90e042f81f3aaf233c8bcb2",
        "id": "CVE-2024-2397-6573a49f",
        "deprecated": false,
        "signature_version": "v1"
    },
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        "signature_type": "Line",
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        "source": "https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/b9811ef5bb1b7d45a90e042f81f3aaf233c8bcb2",
        "id": "CVE-2024-2397-84e28906",
        "deprecated": false,
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    },
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        },
        "target": {
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        },
        "source": "https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/b9811ef5bb1b7d45a90e042f81f3aaf233c8bcb2",
        "id": "CVE-2024-2397-df3e7461",
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        "signature_version": "v1"
    }
]