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CVE-2023-1801

Published: 7 April 2023

The SMB protocol decoder in tcpdump version 4.99.3 can perform an out-of-bounds write when decoding a crafted network packet.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
The SMB printer is not enabled on Debian/Ubuntu builds, so the
vulnerable code isn't used.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
tcpdump
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not compiled)
focal Not vulnerable
(code not compiled)
jammy Not vulnerable
(code not compiled)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(code not compiled)
lunar Not vulnerable
(code not compiled)
trusty Not vulnerable
(code not compiled)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(code not compiled)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/7578e1c04ee280dda50c4c2813e7d55f539c6501
upstream: https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/03c037bbd75588beba3ee09f26d17783d21e30bc

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H