CVE-2014-9140

Published: Dec 5, 2014Modified: May 6, 2026

5.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in the ppp_hdlc function in print-ppp.c in tcpdump 4.6.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) cia a crafted PPP packet.

Affected (1)

Products: Redhat: Tcpdump

Redhat

1 product

Tcpdump

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Redhat Tcpdump	Up to 4.6.2

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (28)

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0511.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00084.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130730/tcpdump-Denial-Of-Service-Code-Execution.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://seclists.org/tcpdump/2014/q4/72

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3086

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3193

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:240

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:125

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534829/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71468

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2433-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor Advisory

https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/0f95d441e4b5d7512cc5c326c8668a120e048eda

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0511.html