DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7993

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7993
Import Source
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JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7993
Upstream
Published
2017-01-28T01:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:24:39Z
Summary
[none]
Details

A bug in util-print.c:relts_print() in tcpdump before 4.9.0 could cause a buffer overflow in multiple protocol parsers (DNS, DVMRP, HSRP, IGMP, lightweight resolver protocol, PIM).

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / tcpdump

Package

Name
tcpdump
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/tcpdump?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.9.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / tcpdump

Package

Name
tcpdump
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/tcpdump?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.9.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / tcpdump

Package

Name
tcpdump
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/tcpdump?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.9.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / tcpdump

Package

Name
tcpdump
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/tcpdump?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.9.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}