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CVE-2020-8037 Details

Description

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

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Apr/51 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/32027e199368dad9508965aae8cd8de5b6ab5231 CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00018.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F2MX34MJIUJQGL6CMEPLTKFOOOC3CJ4Z/ CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LWDBONZVLC6BAOR2KM376DJCM4H3FERV/ CVE

see all 16 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
tcpdump tcpdump
4.9.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:tcpdump:tcpdump:4.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
9.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora
32
33

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
apple mac os x
< 10.14.6
>= 10.15, < 10.15.7
10.14.6 -
10.14.6 security_update_2019-001
10.14.6 security_update_2019-002

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-001:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2019-002:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-001:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-002:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-003:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-004:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-005:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-006:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2020-007:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.14.6:security_update_2021-001:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2020-001:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:security_update_2021-001:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.15.7:supplemental_update:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
apple macos
>= 11.0, < 11.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-8037
NVD Published Date:
Nov 4, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]