UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7939

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7939

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7939.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7939

Related

Published

2017-01-27T00:00:00Z

Modified

2025-01-13T10:21:16Z

Severity

9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

Details

The GRE parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-gre.c, multiple functions.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / tcpdump

Package

Name: tcpdump
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/tcpdump@4.9.0-1ubuntu1~ubuntu14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.9.0-1ubuntu1~ubuntu14.04.1

Affected versions

4.*

4.4.0-1ubuntu1

4.5.1-2ubuntu1

4.5.1-2ubuntu1.1

4.5.1-2ubuntu1.2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.9.0-1ubuntu1~ubuntu14.04.1",
            "binary_name": "tcpdump"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.9.0-1ubuntu1~ubuntu14.04.1",
            "binary_name": "tcpdump-dbgsym"
        }
    ],
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / tcpdump

Package

Name: tcpdump
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/tcpdump@4.9.0-1ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.9.0-1ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.1

Affected versions

4.*

4.7.4-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.9.0-1ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "tcpdump"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.9.0-1ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "tcpdump-dbgsym"
        }
    ],
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}