CVE-2014-8767

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-11-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer underflow in the olsr_print function in tcpdump 3.9.6 through 4.6.2, when in verbose mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted length value in an OLSR frame.

Affected products

RedHat Tcpdump: 3.9.6, 3.9.7, 3.9.8, 4.0.0, 4.1.0, 4.1.1 (+11)

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0503.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00062.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129155/tcpdump-4.6.2-OSLR-Denial-Of-Service.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/47
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3086
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:240
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:125
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534011/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71150
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2433-1

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