RLSA-2021:4236
- Source
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2021:4236
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2021:4236.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2021:4236
- Related
- Published
- 2021-11-09T08:48:42Z
- Modified
- 2023-02-02T14:11:52.825878Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- Low: tcpdump security and bug fix update
- Details
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The tcpdump packages contain the tcpdump utility for monitoring network traffic. The tcpdump utility can capture and display the packet headers on a particular network interface or on all interfaces.
Security Fix(es):
- tcpdump: ppp decapsulator can be convinced to allocate a large amount of memory (CVE-2020-8037)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.
- References
- Credits
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- Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
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- Red Hat
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Affected packages
Rocky Linux:8 / tcpdump
Package
- Name
- tcpdump
- Purl
- pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/tcpdump?distro=rocky-linux-8-5-legacy&epoch=4