Vulnerability Report

CVE-2018-16300

Title: Tcpdump

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2018-16300.

CWE Category CWE-674
Published Date Oct 03, 2019
Modified Date Dec 03, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
4.12%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2018-16300: The BGP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 allows stack consumption in print-bgp.c:bgp_attr_print() because of unlimited recursion.

Impacted Vendors

T
tcpdump 1
L
lbl 1
R
redhat 1

Reference Links

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/af2cf04a9394c1a56227c2289ae8da262828294a 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://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/af2cf04a9394c1a56227c2289ae8da262828294a 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://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-2/ https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4547
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2018-16300 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.