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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-TCPDUMP-543201
  • published25 Jul 2019
  • disclosed22 Jul 2019

Introduced: 22 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-1010220  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (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.

tcpdump.org tcpdump 4.9.2 is affected by: CWE-126: Buffer Over-read. The impact is: May expose Saved Frame Pointer, Return Address etc. on stack. The component is: line 234: "ND_PRINT((ndo, "%s", buf));", in function named "print_prefix", in "print-hncp.c". The attack vector is: The victim must open a specially crafted pcap file.