CVE-2018-16300

HIGH EPSS 89.5%
Published Oct 3, 20196y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.5 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Oct 3, 2019 6y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

The BGP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 allows stack consumption in print-bgp.c:bgp_attr_print() because of unlimited recursion.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.5
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
89.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-674

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
tcpdumptcpdump* <4.9.3

References 16

  • lists.opensuse.org http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html
  • lists.opensuse.org http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26
  • github.com https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES
    Release NotesThird Party Advisory
  • github.com https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/af2cf04a9394c1a56227c2289ae8da262828294a
    PatchThird Party Advisory
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00015.html
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDXHH4QDSDMU/
  • seclists.org https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23
  • seclists.org https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/28
  • security.netapp.com https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200120-0001/
  • support.apple.com https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788
  • usn.ubuntu.com https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-1/
  • usn.ubuntu.com https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-2/
  • debian.org https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4547

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/af2cf04a9394c1a56227c2289ae8da262828294a
    PatchThird Party Advisory