Out-of-bounds Read Affecting tcpdump package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-TCPDUMP-5696928
  • published2 Dec 2018
  • disclosed25 Nov 2018

Introduced: 25 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-19519  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-909  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:13 tcpdump.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tcpdump package and not the tcpdump package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

In tcpdump 4.9.2, a stack-based buffer over-read exists in the print_prefix function of print-hncp.c via crafted packet data because of missing initialization.