UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12995

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12995
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12995.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12995
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Published
2017-09-13T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:20:32.217306Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

The DNS parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 could enter an infinite loop due to a bug in print-domain.c:ns_print().

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / tcpdump

Package

Name
tcpdump
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tcpdump@4.9.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.9.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Affected versions

4.*

4.4.0-1ubuntu1
4.5.1-2ubuntu1
4.5.1-2ubuntu1.1
4.5.1-2ubuntu1.2
4.9.0-1ubuntu1~ubuntu14.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
            "binary_name": "tcpdump"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1",
            "binary_name": "tcpdump-dbgsym"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / tcpdump

Package

Name
tcpdump
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tcpdump@4.9.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.9.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Affected versions

4.*

4.7.4-1ubuntu1
4.9.0-1ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "tcpdump"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "tcpdump-dbgsym"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}