Risk | Low |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2018-16301 |
CWE-ID | CWE-125 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system tcpdump-debugsource Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component tcpdump-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component tcpdump Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
Vendor | SUSE |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU21949
Risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 0.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16301
CWE-ID:
CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe 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.
MitigationUpdate the affected package tcpdump to the latest version.
Vulnerable software versionsSUSE 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
CPE2.3http://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.