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    CVE-2018-14879

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

    Published:Oct 2, 2019
    Last Modified:Dec 3, 2025
    EPS:Oct 3, 2019
    EPSS Score:0.00418
    CVSS Score:7

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apple
    Product
    Mac Os X
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    F5
    Product
    Traffix Signaling Delivery Controller
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Leap
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Tcpdump
    Product
    Tcpdump

    Exploits

    https://github.com/Trinadh465/external_tcpdump_CVE-2018-14879

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    References

    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26
    https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES
    https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/9ba91381954ad325ea4fd26b9c65a8bd9a2a85b6
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00015.html
    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
    https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/28
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200120-0001/
    https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788
    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
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26
    https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES
    https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/9ba91381954ad325ea4fd26b9c65a8bd9a2a85b6
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00015.html
    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
    https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/28
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200120-0001/
    https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788
    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

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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