All errata/p10/ALT-PU-2024-8987-5
ALT-PU-2024-8987-5

Package update tcpdump in branch p10

Version4.99.4-alt1
Published2024-07-21
Max severityHIGH
Severity:

Closed issues (2)

CVE-2018-16301
HIGH7.8

The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.99.0 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:read_infile(). To trigger this vulnerability the attacker needs to create a 4GB file on the local filesystem and to specify the file name as the value of the -F command-line argument of tcpdump.

Published: 2019-10-03Modified: 2024-11-21
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.4
CVSS:2.0/AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS 3.xHIGH 7.8
CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H