{"schemaVersion":3,"id":"CVE-2024-2397","aliases":["MGASA-2024-0177","openSUSE-SU-2024:14305-1"],"status":"published","duplicateOf":null,"title":null,"description":"Due to a bug in packet data buffers management, the PPP printer in tcpdump can enter an infinite loop when reading a crafted DLT_PPP_SERIAL .pcap savefile.  This problem does not affect any tcpdump release, but it affected the git master branch from 2023-06-05 to 2024-03-21.","dates":{"published":"2024-04-12T13:22:01.636Z","modified":"2025-02-13T17:40:07.188Z","reserved":null,"kevAdded":[],"kevDue":[]},"cvss":{"headline":{"score":6.2,"severity":"medium","version":"3.1","versionLabel":"v3.1","source":"CVE.org","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","computed":false,"selection":"backend-summary"},"metrics":[{"version":"3.1","versionLabel":"v3.1","source":"CVE.org","score":6.2,"severity":"medium","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","exploitability":null,"impact":null,"computed":false},{"version":"3.1","versionLabel":"v3.1","source":"NVD","score":6.2,"severity":"medium","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","exploitability":null,"impact":null,"computed":false}]},"epss":{"probability":0.00289,"percentile":0.20056,"severity":"low","asOf":"2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","change":{"pp":0,"baselineDate":"2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","baselineScore":0.00289},"history":[{"date":"2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":0.20056}],"last30":[{"date":"2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.00289,"percentile":0.20056}]},"kev":{"state":"not-listed","entries":[],"listedCount":0,"totalCatalogs":3,"catalogs":[{"source":"cisa","label":"CISA","listed":false,"entry":null},{"source":"enisa","label":"ENISA","listed":false,"entry":null},{"source":"circl","label":"CIRCL","listed":false,"entry":null}]},"ransomware":{"state":"none-recorded","sources":[]},"exploits":[],"exploitCount":0,"weaknesses":[{"id":"CWE-835","name":"Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')","description":"The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.","type":"weakness","status":"Incomplete","abstraction":"Base","likelihoodOfExploit":null,"url":"https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/835.html"}],"affected":[{"vendor":"mageia","product":"tcpdump","name":"tcpdump","label":"tcpdump","ecosystem":"Mageia","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/tcpdump","purlType":"rpm","versions":[{"text":"< 4.99.4-1.1.mga9","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 4.99.4-1.1.mga9","eol":null,"hubHref":null},{"vendor":"opensuse","product":"tcpdump&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed","name":"tcpdump","label":"tcpdump&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed","ecosystem":"openSUSE","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:rpm/opensuse/tcpdump&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed","purlType":"rpm","versions":[{"text":"< 4.99.5-1.1","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 4.99.5-1.1","eol":null,"hubHref":null},{"vendor":"the tcpdump group","product":"tcpdump","name":"tcpdump","label":"tcpdump","ecosystem":null,"cpePart":"a","purl":null,"purlType":null,"versions":[{"text":"≥ 0d4083e, < b9811ef","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"≥ 0d4083e, < b9811ef","eol":null,"hubHref":"/vendor/the_tcpdump_group/tcpdump"}],"affectedCount":3,"eol":{"hasEol":false,"count":0},"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/b9811ef5bb1b7d45a90e042f81f3aaf233c8bcb2","label":"github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/b9811ef5bb1b7d45a90e042f81f3aaf233c8bcb2","hostname":"github.com","tags":["Patch"]},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GEZRGR3QCW2ZNFIAWMZZOG4ZLFLFNG2M/","label":"lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/…","hostname":"lists.fedoraproject.org","tags":[]},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HUUI2MBVHFENXNBCHDQZP2RBBA2VD5HG/","label":"lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/…","hostname":"lists.fedoraproject.org","tags":["WEB"]},{"url":"https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-security/2024-September/000298.html","label":"lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-security/2024-September/000298.html","hostname":"lists.freebsd.org","tags":[]},{"url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0177.html","label":"advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0177.html","hostname":"advisories.mageia.org","tags":["Advisory"]},{"url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33204","label":"bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33204","hostname":"bugs.mageia.org","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2397","label":"www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2397","hostname":"www.suse.com","tags":["WEB"]}],"lineage":{"upstream":[],"downstream":[],"duplicates":[],"related":[]},"timeline":[{"kind":"published","date":"2024-04-12T13:22:01.636Z","label":"Published","detail":"Vulnerability first disclosed.","source":null},{"kind":"modified","date":"2025-02-13T17:40:07.188Z","label":"Last modified","detail":"Vulnerability information updated.","source":null}],"risk":{"score":25,"level":"medium","profile":"Default","thresholds":{"critical":75,"high":50,"medium":25,"low":10}},"meta":{"dataAsOf":"2026-10-19T13:59:04.546Z","stale":false,"partial":false}}