CVE-2018-14879 Information

Description

The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:get_next_file().

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26 https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/9ba91381954ad325ea4fd26b9c65a8bd9a2a85b6 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00015.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDXHH4QDSDMU/ https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23 https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/28 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200120-0001/ https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788 https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K51512510?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-2/ https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4547

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.0