CVE catalog
CVE-2017-13688
tcpdump: CVE-2017-13688
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 3.24% · Oct 25, 2026
The OLSR parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 has a buffer over-read in print-olsr.c:olsr_print().
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | tcpdump | sid | 4.99.6-2 | fixed |
| Debian | tcpdump | forky | 4.99.6-2 | fixed |
| Debian | tcpdump | trixie | 4.99.5-2 | fixed |
| Debian | tcpdump | bookworm | 4.99.3-1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | tcpdump | 14.04 | 4.4.0-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tcpdump | 14.04 | 4.5.1-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tcpdump | 14.04 | 4.5.1-2ubuntu1.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tcpdump | 14.04 | 4.5.1-2ubuntu1.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tcpdump | 14.04 | 4.9.0-1ubuntu1~ubuntu14.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tcpdump | 14.04 | 4.9.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | tcpdump | 16.04 | 4.7.4-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tcpdump | 16.04 | 4.9.0-1ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tcpdump | 16.04 | 4.9.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | tcpdump | source | sid | 4.9.2-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | tcpdump | source | forky | 4.9.2-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | tcpdump | source | trixie | 4.9.2-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | tcpdump | source | bookworm | 4.9.2-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | tcpdump | deb | 14.04 | 4.9.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13688 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | tcpdump | deb | 16.04 | 4.9.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13688 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [tcpdump]Fixed
Details (2)
4.99.3-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.9.2-1dsa · tcpdump · debian · bookworm; dsa · tcpdump · debian · 12
4.99.3-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.9.2-1dsa · tcpdump · debian · bookworm; dsa · tcpdump · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [tcpdump]Fixed
Details (2)
4.99.5-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.9.2-1dsa · tcpdump · debian · 13
4.99.5-2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.9.2-1dsa · tcpdump · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705]
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2017_2854-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-13688]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13688]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-13688]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2017/wid-sec-w-2025-0370.json]
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