SUSE update for tcpdump

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU21949

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 2.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16301

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in libpcap when during pcapng reading. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application that uses the affected library, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or crash the application.

Mitigation

Update the affected package tcpdump to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 11-SP4-LTSS-EXTREME-CORE

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale: 11-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo: 11-SP3 - 11-SP4

tcpdump-debugsource: before 3.9.8-1.30.19.1

tcpdump-debuginfo: before 3.9.8-1.30.19.1

tcpdump: before 3.9.8-1.30.19.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-202214890-1/

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.