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CVE-2018-16228

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Date: October 3, 2019

The HNCP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-hncp.c:print_prefix().

Language: C

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (21)

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200120-0001/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDXHH4QDSDMU/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-1/

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16228

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html

Url: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/

Url: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788

Url: https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/28

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-16228

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-2/

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16228

Url: https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4547

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16228

Url: https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00015.html

Url: https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/83a412a5275cac973c5841eca3511c766bed778d

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-16228

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-125

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 4.9.3

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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