CVE-2015-8011

Publication date 28 January 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

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.

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Status

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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	Upstream: dd4f16e

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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-4691-1
Open vSwitch vulnerabilities
13 January 2021