Advisories » MGASA-2024-0177

Updated tcpdump packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 15 May 2024
Modification date: 15 May 2024
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 9
CVE: CVE-2024-2397

Description

Due to a bug in packet data buffers management, the PPP printer in
tcpdump can enter an infinite loop when reading a crafted DLT_PPP_SERIAL
.pcap savefile. (CVE-2024-2397)
                

References

• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33204
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HUUI2MBVHFENXNBCHDQZP2RBBA2VD5HG/
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-2397

SRPMS

9/core

• tcpdump-4.99.4-1.1.mga9