High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 8, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-11108
CVE-2017-11108
Description
tcpdump 4.9.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via crafted packet data. The crash occurs in the EXTRACT_16BITS function, called from the stp_print function for the Spanning Tree Protocol.
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Affected products
12- osv-coords10 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/tcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3
< 4.99.1-1.2+ 9 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.99.1-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-14.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-14.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.9.8-1.30.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-14.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-14.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-14.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.9.8-1.30.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-14.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-14.5.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23nvd
- support.apple.com/HT208221nvd
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