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title: CVE-2017-11544
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
  desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things.
url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11544
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# CVE-2017-11544

Publication date 23 July 2017

Last updated 4 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs:
CVE-2017-11543. Reason: This candidate is a duplicate of CVE-2017-11543.
Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2017-11543 instead of this
candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been
removed to prevent accidental usage

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11544#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| tcpdump | 17.04 zesty | Ignored end of life, was deferred |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Vulnerable, fix deferred |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Vulnerable, fix deferred |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

no fix as of 2017-08-17

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11544)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11544)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2017-11544)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-11544)

### Other references

* <https://github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/tcpdump-vul/segv/print-sl>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11544>
