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DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8037

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

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Debian:12 tcpdump

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.9.3-7"}]}]

Debian:13 tcpdump

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.9.3-7"}]}]

Debian:14 tcpdump

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.9.3-7"}]}]