The Tcpdump Group tcpdump
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.63 % · percentile 50 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Tcpdump
- NVD status
- Modified
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound
- CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write
- CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2018-8152
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2018-16301
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2019-AVI-620 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Apple · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:tcpdump:tcpdump:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 4.99.0
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| The Tcpdump Group · tcpdump | affected unspecified < 4.99.0 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |