#VU22016 Out-of-bounds read in Tcpdump - CVE-2018-16228
Published: October 21, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22016
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16228
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Tcpdump
Tcpdump
Software vendor:
Tcpdump.org
Tcpdump.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the print-hncp.c:print_prefix() within the HNCP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3. A remote attacker can generate specially crafted data, trigger out-of-bounds read error and perform denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.