CVE-2018-14879

CVSS V2 Medium 5.1 CVSS V3 High 7
Description
The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:get_next_file().
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-14879
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2019-10-03T16:15:12
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-01-20T13:15:14
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-120 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/120.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:f5:traffix_sdc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.0.0 5.1.0
cpe:2.3:a:tcpdump:tcpdump:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.9.3
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 10.15.2
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5.1
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 4.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/9ba91381954ad325ea4fd26b9c65a8bd9a2a85b6 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00015.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/28 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4547 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDXHH4QDSDMU/ Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/ Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/ Third Party Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K51512510?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788 Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200120-0001/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-1/
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14879
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14879
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:53:23 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 03:45:54 2019-10-03T16:15Z 2019-10-03T16:15:12 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 03:45:54 2020-01-20T13:15:14 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 03:45:54 Modified Vulnerability Status updated