CVE-2018-16301

CVSS V2 Medium 4.4 CVSS V3 High 7.8

Description

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2018-16301

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2019-10-03T16:15:12

Last Modified Date
2022-02-14T17:35:26

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:tcpdump:tcpdump::::::::	1	OR		4.99.0

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
4.4

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.4

Impact Score
6.4

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.8

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/ad7c25bc0decf96dc7768c9e903734d38528b1bd	Patch Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16301
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16301

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 06:32:49				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 03:46:26	2019-10-03T16:15Z	2019-10-03T16:15:12	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-04 03:46:26		2022-02-14T17:35:26	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-04 03:46:26		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated