CVE-2017-11543 - log back

CVE-2017-11543 created at 25 Sep 2019 19:31:40
Severity
+ Critical
Remote
+ Remote
Type
+ Arbitrary code execution
Description
+ An out-of-bounds write vulnerability was discovered in tcpdump's handling of LINKTYPE_SLIP in the sliplink_print function in print-sl.c. An attacker could craft a malicious pcap file or send specially crafted packets to the network that would cause tcpdump to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code when attempting to print a summary of the packet data.
References
+ https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/7039327875525278d17edee59720e29a3e76b7b3
+ https://github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/tcpdump-vul/global-overflow/print-sl
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