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CVE-2018-16301
Published: Oct 3, 2019
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.99.0 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:read_infile(). To trigger this vulnerability the attacker needs to create a 4GB file on the local filesystem and to specify the file name as the value of the -F command-line argument of tcpdump.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
The Tcpdump Group | tcpdump | affected unspecified - < 4.99.0 |
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