High severity · published Oct 3, 2019
CVE-2018-14879
The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:get_next_file()
7.0
CVSS
4.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:get_next_file().
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.7% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
29; 30; 31 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.0; 15.1 · source: NVD
MO
Mac OS X · Apple
before 10.15.2 · source: NVD
TC
Tcpdump · Tcpdump
before 4.9.3 · source: NVD
TS
Traffix Signaling Delivery Controller · F5
5.0.0 through 5.1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14879
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14879
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26
Release Notes
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES
Patch
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/9ba91381954ad325ea4fd26b9c65a8bd9a2a85b6
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00015.html
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