PT-2020-19934
CVE-2020-8037
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Published
2020-11-04
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Updated
2026-10-31
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.5
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
tcpdump version 4.9.3
Description
The issue concerns the ppp decapsulator in tcpdump, which can be tricked into allocating a large amount of memory. There is no information provided about the estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide or details about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.
Recommendations
For tcpdump version 4.9.3, the problem can be resolved by improving the checks.
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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