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CVE-2015-8011

Publication date 28 January 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
lldpd 20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily Ignored end of life
15.04 vivid Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life
openvswitch 20.10 groovy
Fixed 2.13.1-0ubuntu1.2
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2.13.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.3
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.9.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.5.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes

sbeattie

introduced in 0.5.6

Patch details

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Package Patch details
lldpd

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H