CVE-2018-14879 - Vulncode-DB

CVE-2018-14879 (NVD)

2019-10-03

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

Products	Mac_os_x, Debian_linux, Traffix_signaling_delivery_controller, Fedora, Leap, Enterprise_linux, Tcpdump
Type	Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') (CWE-120)
First patch	- None (likely due to unavailable code)
Patches	https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/9ba91381954ad325ea4fd26b9c65a8bd9a2a85b6
Links	• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788 • http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26 • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html • https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200120-0001/ • https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/28 More/Less (11) • https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4547 • https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES • https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDXHH4QDSDMU/ • https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K51512510?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS • https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/ • https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-2/ • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html • https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-1/ • https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/ • https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00015.html • https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23