MGASA-2020-0430

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Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0430.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0430.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2020-0430
Related
Published
2020-11-21T12:21:00Z
Modified
2026-02-01T09:18:14.814830Z
Summary
Updated tcpdump package fixes a security vulnerability
Details

The ppp decapsulator in tcpdump 4.9.3 can be convinced to allocate a large amount of memory. (CVE-2020-8037)

References
Credits

Affected packages

Mageia:7 / tcpdump

Package

Name
tcpdump
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/tcpdump?arch=source&distro=mageia-7

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.9.3-1.1.mga7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0430.json"