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CVE-2018-16300 Details

Description

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

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA: CISA-ADPCVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html CVE
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26 CVE
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES CVERelease NotesThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/af2cf04a9394c1a56227c2289ae8da262828294a CVEPatchThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-674Uncontrolled Recursion[email protected]
CWE-674Uncontrolled RecursionCISA-ADP

Affected Products

ProductVersions
tcpdump tcpdump
< 4.9.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:tcpdump:tcpdump:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

20 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-16300
NVD Published Date:
Oct 3, 2019
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-16300 Details - Not Deferred