UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14879

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14879

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14879.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14879

Related

Published

2019-09-30T00:00:00Z

Modified

2019-09-30T00:00:00Z

Severity

7.0 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

Details

The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:getnextfile().

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / tcpdump

Package

Name: tcpdump
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/tcpdump?arch=src?distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.9.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1

Affected versions

4.*

4.4.0-1ubuntu1

4.5.1-2ubuntu1

4.5.1-2ubuntu1.1

4.5.1-2ubuntu1.2

4.9.0-1ubuntu1~ubuntu14.04.1

4.9.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.9.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "tcpdump"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.9.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "tcpdump-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / tcpdump

Package

Name: tcpdump
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/tcpdump?arch=src?distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.9.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Affected versions

4.*

4.7.4-1ubuntu1

4.9.0-1ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.1

4.9.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.9.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "tcpdump"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.9.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "tcpdump-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / tcpdump

Package

Name: tcpdump
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/tcpdump?arch=src?distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.9.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Affected versions

4.*

4.9.2-1

4.9.2-2

4.9.2-2build1

4.9.2-2ubuntu1

4.9.2-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.9.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "tcpdump"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.9.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "tcpdump-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}