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HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2018-16301
Tcpdump Command-Line Argument Parser Buffer Overflow
Description

The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.99.0 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:read_infile(). To trigger this vulnerability the attacker needs to create a 4GB file on the local filesystem and to specify the file name as the value of the -F command-line argument of tcpdump.

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Published Date :

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

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:52 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-16301 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
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
This vulnerability can be remediated by updating the tcpdump and libpcap packages.
  • Update affected tcpdump packages.
  • Update affected libpcap packages.
  • Update the affected Linux packages.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-16301 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

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-2018-16301.

URL Resource
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/ad7c25bc0decf96dc7768c9e903734d38528b1bd
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/ad7c25bc0decf96dc7768c9e903734d38528b1bd
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-16301 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-16301 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-92: Forced Integer Overflow Forced Integer Overflow CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-92: Forced Integer Overflow Forced Integer Overflow

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Updated: 8 months, 2 weeks ago
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Born at : Jan. 22, 2021, 4:43 a.m. This repo has been linked 5 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-16301 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-16301 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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/ad7c25bc0decf96dc7768c9e903734d38528b1bd
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Source MITRE Tcpdump Group
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Tcpdump Group https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/ad7c25bc0decf96dc7768c9e903734d38528b1bd [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/ad7c25bc0decf96dc7768c9e903734d38528b1bd
    Added CWE Tcpdump Group CWE-190
    Added CWE Tcpdump Group CWE-787
    Removed CWE MITRE CWE-787
    Removed CWE MITRE CWE-190
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 14, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/ad7c25bc0decf96dc7768c9e903734d38528b1bd No Types Assigned https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/ad7c25bc0decf96dc7768c9e903734d38528b1bd Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-120
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:tcpdump:tcpdump:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.99.0
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 09, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description ** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation showed that it was not a security issue. Notes: none. The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.99.0 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:read_infile(). To trigger this vulnerability the attacker needs to create a 4GB file on the local filesystem and to specify the file name as the value of the -F command-line argument of tcpdump.
    Added Reference https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/ad7c25bc0decf96dc7768c9e903734d38528b1bd [No Types Assigned]
    Added CWE MITRE CWE-190
    Added CWE MITRE CWE-787
  • CVE Unrejected by [email protected]

    Feb. 09, 2022

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

    Mar. 05, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description libpcap before 1.9.1, as used in tcpdump before 4.9.3, has a buffer overflow and/or over-read because of errors in pcapng reading. ** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation showed that it was not a security issue. Notes: none.
    Removed Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
    Removed Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00051.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
    Removed Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00052.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
    Removed Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
    Removed Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/blob/libpcap-1.9/CHANGES [Release Notes, Third Party Advisory]
    Removed Reference https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES [Release Notes, Third Party Advisory]
    Removed Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5P5K3DQ4TFSZBDB3XN4CZNJNQ3UIF3D3/ [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/ [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/ [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GBIEKWLNIR62KZ5GA7EDXZS52HU6OE5F/ [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDXHH4QDSDMU/ [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UZTIPUWABYUE5KQOLCKAW65AUUSB7QO6/ [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K86252029?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Rejected by [email protected]

    Mar. 05, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • 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]

    Nov. 06, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K86252029?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS [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. 27, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GBIEKWLNIR62KZ5GA7EDXZS52HU6OE5F/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 27, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UZTIPUWABYUE5KQOLCKAW65AUUSB7QO6/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5P5K3DQ4TFSZBDB3XN4CZNJNQ3UIF3D3/ [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]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 22, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00051.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00051.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00052.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00052.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/blob/libpcap-1.9/CHANGES Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/blob/libpcap-1.9/CHANGES Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:tcpdump:libpcap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.9.1
  • 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/msg00052.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00051.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.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:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/blob/libpcap-1.9/CHANGES No Types Assigned https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/blob/libpcap-1.9/CHANGES Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    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
    Added CWE CWE-120
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:tcpdump:tcpdump:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.9.3
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description libpcap, as used in tcpdump before 4.9.3, has a buffer overflow and/or over-read. libpcap before 1.9.1, as used in tcpdump before 4.9.3, has a buffer overflow and/or over-read because of errors in pcapng reading.
    Added Reference https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/blob/libpcap-1.9/CHANGES [No Types Assigned]
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.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 4.4
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

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

0.06 }} 0.00%

score

0.19805

percentile