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CVE-2016-7985

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Date: January 27, 2017

The CALM FAST parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-calm-fast.c:calm_fast_print().

Language: C

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (5)

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037755

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7985

Url: https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg1494526.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95852

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-7985

Severity Score

9.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 4.9.0

CVSS v3

Base Score:	9.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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