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CVE-2018-14879 Detail

Description

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


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html Third Party Advisory 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
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/9ba91381954ad325ea4fd26b9c65a8bd9a2a85b6 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00015.html Third Party Advisory 
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 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/28 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200120-0001/
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788 Third Party Advisory 
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K51512510?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-2/
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4547 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-14879
NVD Published Date:
10/03/2019
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
MITRE