MNBSD-2007-3: tcpdump BGP dissector buffer overflow

Description

tcpdump was patched for a security issue in the BGP dissector (print-bgp.c), where an unchecked value could lead to a buffer overflow and potential denial of service or code execution when decoding malicious traffic. The fix was applied to the 0.2 and 0.1 branches. This corresponds to FreeBSD-SA-07:06.tcpdump.

Affected Versions

tcpdump

Recommendations

No specific recommendations provided.

References

• https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:06.tcpdump.asc
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3798

Additional Information

Aliases: CVE-2007-3798

Published: August 01, 2007
Last Modified: August 01, 2007