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Vulnerabilities / CVE-2007-3798

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CVE-2007-3798

tcpdump BGP integer overflow

Published Modified CWE 252
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Oracle (medium), Red Hat (low).

Description

Integer overflow in print-bgp.c in the BGP dissector in tcpdump 3.9.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted TLVs in a BGP packet, related to an unchecked return value.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11tcpdump3.9.5-3
debian 12tcpdump3.9.5-3
debian 13tcpdump3.9.5-3
debian 14tcpdump3.9.5-3
echotcpdump3.9.5-3
Oracle Linux 5arpwatch, libpcap, libpcap-devel and 1 more14:2.1a13-18.el5.0.1 and 2 more
Show all 9 entries from 6 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11tcpdump3.9.5-3
debian 12tcpdump3.9.5-3
debian 13tcpdump3.9.5-3
debian 14tcpdump3.9.5-3
echotcpdump3.9.5-3
Oracle Linux 5arpwatch14:2.1a13-18.el5.0.1
Oracle Linux 5libpcap14:0.9.4-11.el5.0.1
Oracle Linux 5libpcap-devel14:0.9.4-11.el5.0.1
Oracle Linux 5tcpdump14:3.9.4-11.el5.0.1

References

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