CVE-2018-16229

tcpdump: Buffer over-read in dccp_print_option() function in print-dccp.c

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The DCCP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-dccp.c:dccp_print_option().

El analizador DCCP en tcpdump versiones anteriores a 4.9.3, presenta una lectura excesiva del búfer en print-dccp.c:dccp_print_option().

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was discovered in tcpdump while printing DCCP packets captured in a pcap file or coming from the network. A remote attacker may abuse this flaw by sending specially crafted packets that, when printed, would trigger the flaw and crash the application.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-08-30 CVE Reserved
2019-10-01 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-09-26 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

CAPEC

References (18)

URL	Tag	Source
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26	Mailing List
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES	Release Notes
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00015.html	Mailing List
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23	Mailing List
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/28	Mailing List
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200120-0001	X_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/211124b972e74f0da66bc8b16f181f78793e2f66	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDXHH4QDSDMU	2023-11-07
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-1	2023-11-07
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-2	2023-11-07
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4547	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16229	2020-11-04
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1760458	2020-11-04

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Tcpdump Search vendor "Tcpdump"		Tcpdump Search vendor "Tcpdump" for product "Tcpdump"				< 4.9.3 Search vendor "Tcpdump" for product "Tcpdump" and version " < 4.9.3"		-		Affected
F5 Search vendor "F5"		Traffix Signaling Delivery Controller Search vendor "F5" for product "Traffix Signaling Delivery Controller"				>= 5.0.0 <= 5.1.0 Search vendor "F5" for product "Traffix Signaling Delivery Controller" and version " >= 5.0.0 <= 5.1.0"		-		Affected
Tcpdump Search vendor "Tcpdump"		Tcpdump Search vendor "Tcpdump" for product "Tcpdump"				< 4.9.3 Search vendor "Tcpdump" for product "Tcpdump" and version " < 4.9.3"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				< 10.15.2 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version " < 10.15.2"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				29 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "29"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				30 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "30"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				31 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "31"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				15.0 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.0"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				15.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.1"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected