Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2018-16300 |
CWE-ID | CWE-835 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software |
tcpdump (Alpine package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
Vendor | Alpine Linux Development Team |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU22019
Risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16300
CWE-ID:
CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in print-bgp.c:bgp_attr_print() function in the BPG parser. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the affected application, consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionstcpdump (Alpine package): 4.9.2-r4
CPE2.3 External linkshttp://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=dd5d221102dfcc65b44c43c915d134e830e8d599
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=552c3620773db0fb6a4d1e714eaa49b6a16de052
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=e3e3e3952958b31bf6f3e01e6c73b30e3e126745
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.