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.
References
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https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/ad7c25bc0decf96dc7768c9e903734d38528b1bd | Patch Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
Information
Published : 2019-10-03 09:15
Updated : 2022-02-14 09:35
NVD link : CVE-2018-16301
Mitre link : CVE-2018-16301
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CWE
CWE-120
Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Products Affected
tcpdump
- tcpdump