Out-of-Bounds Affecting tcpdump package, versions <14:4.9.3-1.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.54% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-TCPDUMP-2084264
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed2 Oct 2019

Introduced: 2 Oct 2019

CVE-2018-14879  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 tcpdump to version 14:4.9.3-1.el8 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tcpdump package and not the tcpdump package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:get_next_file().

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CVSS Base Scores

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