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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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Tcpdump
Published: 2019-10-03T15:55:20
Updated: 2024-08-05T10:17:38.421Z
Reserved: 2018-08-31T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-16301
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2019-10-03T16:15:12.693
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:52:29.463
Link: CVE-2018-16301
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