Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 13, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-16808
CVE-2017-16808
Description
tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read related to aoe_print in print-aoe.c and lookup_emem in addrtoname.c.
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Affected products
12- osv-coords10 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/tcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/tcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/tcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5
< 4.9.2-lp151.4.3.1+ 9 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-lp151.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-lp151.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.99.1-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-14.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-14.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-14.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-14.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-14.17.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
16- www.securitytracker.com/id/1039773nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/issues/645nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00065.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.htmlnvd
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/154710/Slackware-Security-Advisory-tcpdump-Updates.htmlnvd
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26nvd
- github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGESnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDXHH4QDSDMU/nvd
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23nvd
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/2nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT210788nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/4252-1/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/4252-2/nvd
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