CVE-2017-12996

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions tcpdump versions prior to 4.9.2

Description The issue concerns a buffer over-read in the PIMv2 parser, specifically within the pimv2 print() function located in print-pim.c. This problem affects the tcpdump analyzer.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.9.2, update to version 4.9.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the PIMv2 parser until a patch is applied.