CVE-2018-14938

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-14938
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-08-05 03:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-11-29 02:15:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in wifipcap/wifipcap.cpp in TCPFLOW through 1.5.0-alpha. There is an integer overflow in the function handle_prism during caplen processing. If the caplen is less than 144, one can cause an integer overflow in the function handle_80211, which will result in an out-of-bounds read and may allow access to sensitive memory (or a denial of service).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125 | CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Application Digitalcorpora Tcpflow 1.5.0 alpha All All
Application Digitalcorpora Tcpflow 1.5.0 alpha All All
Application Digitalcorpora Tcpflow All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
fixed buffer overflow · simsong/tcpflow@a4e1cd1 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2468-1] tcpflow security update MLIST lists.debian.org
A integer overflow vulnerability in wifipacp.cpp · Issue #182 · simsong/tcpflow · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
USN-3955-1: tcpflow vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178236 Debian Security Update for tcpflow (DLA 2468-1)
  • 178549 Debian Security Update for tcpflow (DLA 2468-1)
  • 500688 Alpine Linux Security Update for tcpflow
  • 504457 Alpine Linux Security Update for tcpflow

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