Buffer Over-read Affecting tcpdump-debuginfo package, versions <14:4.9.2-4.24.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-TCPDUMPDEBUGINFO-3157640
  • published6 Dec 2022
  • disclosed27 Aug 2022

Introduced: 27 Aug 2022

CVE-2019-15167  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-126  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 tcpdump-debuginfo to version 14:4.9.2-4.24.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2022-1641.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tcpdump-debuginfo package and not the tcpdump-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

The VRRP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-vrrp.c:vrrp_print() for VRRP version 3, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-14463.

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