Security advisory

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  "id": "a07cd4d4d507d7d422ed8db8e48e1f6900128328a9515d21f1b343fa2c383ef7",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-13044",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-13044",
    "summary": "The HNCP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 has a buffer over-read in print-hncp.c:dhcpv4_print().",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-13044",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
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      "id": "CVE-2017-13044",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-13044"
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                  "introduced": "0"
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                  "fixed": "c2f6833dddecf2d5fb89c9c898eee9981da342ed"
                }
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:tcpdump:tcpdump:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
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                        "introduced": "0"
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                        "last_affected": "4.9.1"
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
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                ]
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            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "tcpdump-4.9.1",
            "tcpdump-4.9.0",
            "tcpdump-4.9.0-bp",
            "tcpdump-4.7.0-bp",
            "tcpdump-4.6.0-bp",
            "tcpdump-4.6.0",
            "tcpdump-4.5.0",
            "tcpdump-3.8-bp",
            "tcpdump-3.7.1",
            "tcpdump-3.6.1",
            "tcpdump-3.5.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-13044.json",
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                "source": "https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/c2f6833dddecf2d5fb89c9c898eee9981da342ed",
                "target": {
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                "source": "https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/c2f6833dddecf2d5fb89c9c898eee9981da342ed",
                "target": {
                  "file": "print-hncp.c",
                  "function": "dhcpv4_print"
                },
                "deprecated": false,
                "signature_type": "Function",
                "signature_version": "v1"
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            ],
            "vanir_signatures_modified": "2026-10-24T14:09:01Z"
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        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T14:09:01.313485524Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://support.apple.com/HT208221",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23",
        "https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/c2f6833dddecf2d5fb89c9c898eee9981da342ed"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:tcpdump:tcpdump:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "tcpdump:tcpdump",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "last_affected": "4.9.1"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_RANGE"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-13044",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 443130,
  "published_at": "2017-09-14T06:29:02.84+00:00"
}