CVE-2018-16301
Publication date 30 September 2019
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.99.0 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:read_infile(). To trigger this vulnerability the attacker needs to create a 4GB file on the local filesystem and to specify the file name as the value of the -F command-line argument of tcpdump.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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tcpdump | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
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22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
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20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed 4.9.3-4ubuntu0.1
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18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 4.9.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 4.9.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1
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14.04 LTS trusty |
Vulnerable
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mdeslaur
This CVE was incorrectly assigned to libpcap, and then was incorrectly marked as REJECT, but is now a valid CVE for tcpdump.
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 7.8 · High |
Attack vector | Local |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | Required |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-5331-1
- tcpdump vulnerabilities
- 16 March 2022
- USN-5331-2
- tcpdump vulnerabilities
- 11 April 2022