# CVE-2017-16808: tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read related to aoe\_print in print-aoe.c and lookup\_emem in addrtoname.c.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-11-13 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read related to aoe_print in print-aoe.c and lookup_emem in addrtoname.c.

## What to do

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## References

- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039773
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/issues/645
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00065.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/2
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154710/Slackware-Security-Advisory-tcpdump-Updates.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDXHH4QDSDMU/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-1/

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