vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-16301: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Oct 3, 2019 | Aug 22, 2024 | Dec 5, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Oct 3, 2019
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Dec 5, 2025
Description
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.
Solutions
alpine-linux-upgrade-libpcapalpine-linux-upgrade-tcpdump
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