CVE-2018-16301
Published: 30 September 2019
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.
Priority
Low
CVSS 3 base score: 7.8
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
tcpdump Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(4.9.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.2)
|
| focal |
Released
(4.9.3-4ubuntu0.1)
|
|
| impish |
Not vulnerable
(4.99.0-2)
|
|
| jammy |
Not vulnerable
(4.99.1-3build1)
|
|
| precise |
Ignored
(end of ESM support, was needs-triage)
|
|
| trusty |
Needed
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.99.0)
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(4.9.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1)
|
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| mdeslaur | This CVE was incorrectly assigned to libpcap, and then was incorrectly marked as REJECT, but is now a valid CVE for tcpdump. |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16301
- http://www.tcpdump.org/public-cve-list.txt
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/ad7c25bc0decf96dc7768c9e903734d38528b1bd
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5331-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5331-2
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian