vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-16301): tcpdump vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Oct 3, 2019 | Mar 17, 2022 | Jan 28, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Oct 3, 2019
Added
Mar 17, 2022
Modified
Jan 28, 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.
Solution
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-tcpdump
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