CVE-2017-12994

Critical

Published: 14/09/2017(UTC)Translated: 14/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Summary

The BGP parser in tcpdump before version 4.9.2 has a buffer over-read in the function print-bgp.c:bgp_attr_print().

Exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to unauthorized access to data or application crashes, impacting network security.

It is recommended to update tcpdump to version 4.9.2 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

The BGP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 has a buffer over-read in print-bgp.c:bgp_attr_print().