CVE-2014-8768 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2014-8768?

CVE-2014-8768 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 20 Nov 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple Integer underflows in the geonet_print function in tcpdump 4.5.0 through 4.6.2, when in verbose mode, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted length value in a Geonet frame.

Weakness: CWE-191

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8768?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Opensuse Opensuse, Oracle Solaris, Redhat Tcpdump.

How do I fix CVE-2014-8768?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-8768 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8768 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8768, GHSA-vfhx-w4xw-3mwg, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8768.