vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2018-16300: CVE-2018-16300 tcpdump: Resource exhaustion in bgp_attr_print() function in print-bgp.c (Multiple Advisories)
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
---|---|---|---|---|
5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Oct 3, 2019 | Nov 5, 2020 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Oct 3, 2019
Added
Nov 5, 2020
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
The BGP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 allows stack consumption in print-bgp.c:bgp_attr_print() because of unlimited recursion.
Solution(s)
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-tcpdumpredhat-upgrade-tcpdump-debuginforedhat-upgrade-tcpdump-debugsource
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