SB2020112103 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in tcpdump (Alpine package)
Published: November 21, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020112103
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8037)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The ppp decapsulator in tcpdump 4.9.3 can be convinced to allocate a large amount of memory.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.