UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8037

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-8037
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8037.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8037
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Published
2020-11-04T18:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:45:44Z
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
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

The ppp decapsulator in tcpdump 4.9.3 can be convinced to allocate a large amount of memory.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / tcpdump

Package

Name
tcpdump
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tcpdump@4.9.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

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
4.9.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
4.9.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / tcpdump

Package

Name
tcpdump
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tcpdump@4.9.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.9.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1

Affected versions

4.*

4.7.4-1ubuntu1
4.9.0-1ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.1
4.9.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
4.9.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "tcpdump",
            "binary_version": "4.9.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tcpdump-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.9.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / tcpdump

Package

Name
tcpdump
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tcpdump@4.9.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.9.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.2

Affected versions

4.*

4.9.2-1
4.9.2-2
4.9.2-2build1
4.9.2-2ubuntu1
4.9.2-3
4.9.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "tcpdump",
            "binary_version": "4.9.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tcpdump-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.9.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.2"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / tcpdump

Package

Name
tcpdump
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tcpdump@4.9.3-4ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.9.3-4ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

4.*

4.9.3-2
4.9.3-3
4.9.3-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "tcpdump",
            "binary_version": "4.9.3-4ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tcpdump-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.9.3-4ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}