| Name | CVE-2014-9140 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-102-1, DSA-3086-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| tcpdump (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.9.3-1~deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 4.9.3-1~deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster | 4.9.3-1~deb10u2 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster (lts) | 4.9.3-1~deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 4.99.0-2+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4.99.3-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 4.99.5-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/0f95d441e4b5d7512cc5c326c8668a120e048eda
http://seclists.org/tcpdump/2014/q4/72