CVE-2019-15166 — Classic Buffer Overflow in Tcpdump

CWE-120 — Classic Buffer OverflowCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer11 documents9 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
CNA1.6OSV9.8
EPSS
1.0%
top 22.75%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
9
TcpdumpApple MAC OS XDebian Tcpdump+6 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 3
Latest updateJun 15

Description

lmp_print_data_link_subobjs() in print-lmp.c in tcpdump before 4.9.3 lacks certain bounds checks.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages6 packages

▶debiandebian/tcpdump< tcpdump 4.9.3-1 (bookworm)
▶NVDtcpdump/tcpdump< 4.9.3
▶Debiantcpdump/tcpdump< 4.9.3-1+3
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x< 10.15.2
▶NVDopensuse/leap15.0, 15.1+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 8.0, 9.0, Fedora 29, 30, 31, Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, Enterprise Linux 7.0, 8.0

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
zeromq3 vulnerabilities↗2022-06-15
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GHSA
GHSA-5p6g-rfgv-93xw: lmp_print_data_link_subobjs() in print-lmp↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2019-15166: lmp_print_data_link_subobjs() in print-lmp↗2019-10-03
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CVEList
lmp_print in tcpdump lacks certain boundary checks↗2019-10-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
tcpdump vulnerabilities↗2020-01-27
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Ubuntu
tcpdump vulnerabilities↗2020-01-27
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Apple
CVE-2019-15166: macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra↗2019-12-10
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Red Hat
tcpdump: Buffer overflow in lmp_print_data_link_subobjs() in print-lmp.c↗2019-10-02
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Debian
CVE-2019-15166: tcpdump - lmp_print_data_link_subobjs() in print-lmp.c in tcpdump before 4.9.3 lacks certa...↗2019
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-15166 tcpdump: Buffer overflow in lmp_print_data_link_subobjs() in print-lmp.c↗2019-10-10
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