lldpd before 0.8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon crash) via a malformed packet.

Description

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

References

• https://github.com/vincentbernat/lldpd/commit/793526f8884455f43daecd0a2c46772388417a00
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/30/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/18/2
• https://github.com/vincentbernat/lldpd/commit/9221b5c249f9e4843f77c7f888d5705348d179c0