7.5
HIGH
CVE-2018-16300
Tcpdump BGP Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

The BGP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 allows stack consumption in print-bgp.c:bgp_attr_print() because of unlimited recursion.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 3, 2019, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:53 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-16300 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Tcpdump tcpdump
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-16300.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/af2cf04a9394c1a56227c2289ae8da262828294a Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00015.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDXHH4QDSDMU/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/28
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200120-0001/
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-2/
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4547

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-16300 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-16300 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDXHH4QDSDMU/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDXHH4QDSDMU/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 05, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 29, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-2/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 20, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200120-0001/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 13, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 11, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 10, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 28, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 25, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDXHH4QDSDMU/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 22, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4547 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 22, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/28 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00015.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 07, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES No Types Assigned https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/af2cf04a9394c1a56227c2289ae8da262828294a No Types Assigned https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/af2cf04a9394c1a56227c2289ae8da262828294a Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-674
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:tcpdump:tcpdump:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.9.3
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.70 }} 1.74%

score

0.90768

percentile

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