CVE-2018-16229

Description

The DCCP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-dccp.c:dccp_print_option().

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 13.49% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES third party advisory release notes
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/211124b972e74f0da66bc8b16f181f78793e2f66 third party advisory patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00015.html third party advisory mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/28 third party advisory mailing list
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4547 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDXHH4QDSDMU/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/ vendor advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788 third party advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23 third party advisory mailing list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26 third party advisory mailing list
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200120-0001/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-2/ vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-1/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-16229?
CVE-2018-16229 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-16229?
To fix CVE-2018-16229, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-16229 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-16229 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~13% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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