CVE-2018-16300

Summary

CVECVE-2018-16300
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-10-03 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:53:00 UTC
DescriptionThe BGP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 allows stack consumption in print-bgp.c:bgp_attr_print() because of unlimited recursion.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-674

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Tcpdump Tcpdump All All All All
Application Tcpdump Tcpdump All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2344-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4547-1 tcpdump DEBIAN www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: tcpdump-4.9.3-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2019-12-10-3 macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra FULLDISC seclists.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: tcpdump-4.9.3-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-4252-1: tcpdump vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
October 2019 Tcpdump Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: tcpdump-4.9.3-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
tcpdump/CHANGES at tcpdump-4.9 · the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump · GitHub MISC github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
USN-4252-2: tcpdump vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
(for 4.9.3) CVE-2018-16300/BGP: prevent stack exhaustion · the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump@af2cf04 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
About the security content of macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 1955-1] tcpdump security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: tcpdump-4.9.3-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2348-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: tcpdump-4.9.3-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: tcpdump-4.9.3-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4547-1] tcpdump security update BUGTRAQ seclists.org
Bugtraq: APPLE-SA-2019-12-10-3 macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra BUGTRAQ seclists.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 376142 F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Application Security Manager (ASM), Access Policy Manager (APM) Multiple Vulnerabilities (K44551633)
  • 500686 Alpine Linux Security Update for tcpdump
  • 504455 Alpine Linux Security Update for tcpdump
  • 940081 AlmaLinux Security Update for tcpdump (ALSA-2020:4760)
  • 960865 Rocky Linux Security Update for tcpdump (RLSA-2020:4760)
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