Vulnerability Report

CVE-2020-8037

RCE

Title: Tcpdump RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2020-8037.

CWE Category CWE-770
Published Date Nov 04, 2020
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
3.07%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2020-8037: The ppp decapsulator in tcpdump 4.9.3 can be convinced to allocate a large amount of memory.

Impacted Vendors

L
lbl 1
R
redhat 1
T
tcpdump 1

Reference Links

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Apr/51 https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/32027e199368dad9508965aae8cd8de5b6ab5231 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00018.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F2MX34MJIUJQGL6CMEPLTKFOOOC3CJ4Z/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LWDBONZVLC6BAOR2KM376DJCM4H3FERV/ https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212325 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212326 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212327 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Apr/51 https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/32027e199368dad9508965aae8cd8de5b6ab5231 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00018.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F2MX34MJIUJQGL6CMEPLTKFOOOC3CJ4Z/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LWDBONZVLC6BAOR2KM376DJCM4H3FERV/ https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212325 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212326 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212327
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2020-8037 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.