Vulnerabilities / CVE-2015-8011

critical

CVE-2015-8011

lldpd: buffer overflow in the lldp_decode function in daemon/protocols/lldp.c

Published Modified CWE 120
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
Red Hat9.8CVSS: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 Red Hat (high), Ubuntu (medium).

Description

Buffer overflow in the lldp_decode function in daemon/protocols/lldp.c in lldpd before 0.8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving large management addresses and TLV boundaries.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.13openvswitch2.12.2-r0
alpine 3.14openvswitch2.12.2-r0
alpine 3.15openvswitch2.12.2-r0
alpine 3.16openvswitch2.12.2-r0
alpine 3.17openvswitch2.12.2-r0
alpine 3.18openvswitch2.12.2-r0
alpine 3.19openvswitch2.12.2-r0
alpine 3.20openvswitch2.12.2-r0
alpine 3.21openvswitch2.12.2-r0
alpine 3.22openvswitch2.12.2-r0
alpine 3.23openvswitch2.12.2-r0
alpine 3.24openvswitch2.12.2-r0
Show all 38 entries from 29 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.13openvswitch2.12.2-r0
alpine 3.14openvswitch2.12.2-r0
alpine 3.15openvswitch2.12.2-r0
alpine 3.16openvswitch2.12.2-r0
alpine 3.17openvswitch2.12.2-r0
alpine 3.18openvswitch2.12.2-r0
alpine 3.19openvswitch2.12.2-r0
alpine 3.20openvswitch2.12.2-r0
alpine 3.21openvswitch2.12.2-r0
alpine 3.22openvswitch2.12.2-r0
alpine 3.23openvswitch2.12.2-r0
alpine 3.24openvswitch2.12.2-r0
alpine edgeopenvswitch2.12.2-r0
debian 10openvswitch2.10.6+ds1-0+deb10u1
debian 11lldpd0.7.19-1
debian 11openvswitch2.15.0~git20210104.def6eb1ea+dfsg1-1
debian 12lldpd0.7.19-1
debian 12openvswitch2.15.0~git20210104.def6eb1ea+dfsg1-1
debian 13lldpd0.7.19-1
debian 13openvswitch2.15.0~git20210104.def6eb1ea+dfsg1-1
debian 14lldpd0.7.19-1
debian 14openvswitch2.15.0~git20210104.def6eb1ea+dfsg1-1
debian 8lldpd0.7.11-2+deb8u1
debian 9openvswitch2.6.10-0+deb9u1
echolldpd0.7.19-1
echoopenvswitch2.15.0~git20210104.def6eb1ea+dfsg1-1
Red Hatnetwork-scripts-openvswitch2.12no fix listed
Red Hatopenvswitch2.12no fix listed
Red Hatopenvswitch2.12-develno fix listed
Red Hatopenvswitch2.12-testno fix listed
Red Hatpython3-openvswitch2.12no fix listed
ubuntu 16.04openvswitch2.5.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
ubuntu 16.04-ESMopenvswitch2.5.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
ubuntu 18.04openvswitch2.9.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
ubuntu 18.04-ESMopenvswitch2.9.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
ubuntu 20.04openvswitch2.13.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.3
ubuntu 20.04-ESMopenvswitch2.13.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.3
ubuntu 20.10openvswitch2.13.1-0ubuntu1.2

References

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