CVE-2017-12997

Description

The LLDP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 could enter an infinite loop due to a bug in print-lldp.c:lldp_private_8021_print().

References

• https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-4515
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23
• https://support.apple.com/HT208221
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971
• https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/34cec721d39c76be1e0a600829a7b17bdfb832b6
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100914
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039307
• http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txt
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705