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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2019-1010220): tcpdump vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2019-1010220): tcpdump vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
07/22/2019
Created
01/29/2020
Added
01/28/2020
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

tcpdump.org tcpdump 4.9.2 is affected by: CWE-126: Buffer Over-read. The impact is: May expose Saved Frame Pointer, Return Address etc. on stack. The component is: line 234: "ND_PRINT((ndo, "%s", buf));", in function named "print_prefix", in "print-hncp.c". The attack vector is: The victim must open a specially crafted pcap file.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-tcpdump

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