RLSA-2021:4236

Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2021:4236
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2021:4236.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2021:4236
Related
Published
2021-11-09T08:48:42Z
Modified
2023-02-02T14:11:52.825878Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Low: tcpdump security and bug fix update
Details

The tcpdump packages contain the tcpdump utility for monitoring network traffic. The tcpdump utility can capture and display the packet headers on a particular network interface or on all interfaces.

Security Fix(es):

  • tcpdump: ppp decapsulator can be convinced to allocate a large amount of memory (CVE-2020-8037)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

References
Credits
    • Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
    • Red Hat

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:8 / tcpdump

Package

Name
tcpdump
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/tcpdump?distro=rocky-linux-8-5-legacy&epoch=4

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4:4.9.3-2.el8