Out-of-bounds Read Affecting tcpdump package, versions <14:4.9.2-6.el8


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-TCPDUMP-3718058
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed3 Dec 2018

Introduced: 3 Dec 2018

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

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 tcpdump to version 14:4.9.2-6.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:1604.

NVD Description

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