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.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade tcpdumpUpgrade libpcap | Aug 22, 2024 | Oct 3, 2019 |
| Apple Osx Tcpdump | — | — | Dec 11, 2019 | Oct 3, 2019 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade tcpdump | Jul 30, 2024 | Oct 3, 2019 |
| F5 Big Ip | — | Update F5 BIG-IP to the latest version | Jun 17, 2026 | Nov 6, 2019 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | — | Nov 28, 2019 | Oct 3, 2019 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Oct 3, 2019 |
| Suse | — | — | Oct 16, 2019 | Oct 3, 2019 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade tcpdump (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade tcpdump | Mar 17, 2022 | Oct 3, 2019 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Oct 3, 2019 |
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