Out-of-bounds Read Affecting tcpdump package, versions <4.9.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-TCPDUMP-390423
  • 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?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 tcpdump to version 4.9.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 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.