high
7.5
CWE
125
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2018-14470

First published: Mon Sep 30 2019(Updated: )

tcpdump. Multiple issues were addressed by updating to tcpdump version 4.9.3 and libpcap version 1.9.1

Credit: CVE-2017-16808 CVE-2018-10103 CVE-2018-10105 CVE-2018-14461 CVE-2018-14462 CVE-2018-14463 CVE-2018-14464 CVE-2018-14465 CVE-2018-14466 CVE-2018-14467 CVE-2018-14468 CVE-2018-14469 CVE-2018-14470 CVE-2018-14879 CVE-2018-14880 CVE-2018-14881 CVE-2018-14882 CVE-2018-16227 CVE-2018-16228 CVE-2018-16229 CVE-2018-16230 CVE-2018-16300 CVE-2018-16301 CVE-2018-16451 CVE-2018-16452 CVE-2019-15166 CVE-2019-15167 cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Tcpdump Tcpdump<4.9.3
Apple Mac OS X<10.15.2
Debian Debian Linux=8.0
Debian Debian Linux=9.0
Debian Debian Linux=10.0
Fedoraproject Fedora=29
Fedoraproject Fedora=30
Fedoraproject Fedora=31
openSUSE Leap=15.0
openSUSE Leap=15.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux=7.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux=8.0
Apple macOS Catalina<10.15.2
10.15.2
Apple Mojave
Apple High Sierra
ubuntu/tcpdump<4.9.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
4.9.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
ubuntu/tcpdump<4.9.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+
4.9.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+
ubuntu/tcpdump<4.9.3
4.9.3
ubuntu/tcpdump<4.9.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
4.9.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
debian/tcpdump
4.9.3-1~deb10u2
4.9.3-1~deb10u1
4.99.0-2+deb11u1
4.99.3-1
4.99.4-3
4.99.4-4

Remedy

https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/12f66f69f7bf1ec1266ddbee90a7616cbf33696b

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the vulnerability ID for this issue?

    The vulnerability ID for this issue is CVE-2018-14470.

  • What is the title of the vulnerability?

    The title of the vulnerability is 'The Babel parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-babel.c:babel_print_v2()'.

  • What software is affected by this vulnerability?

    The tcpdump software versions before 4.9.3 and libpcap version 1.9.1 are affected by this vulnerability.

  • How can I fix this vulnerability?

    You can fix this vulnerability by updating tcpdump to version 4.9.3 or newer.

  • Where can I find more information about this vulnerability?

    You can find more information about this vulnerability at the following references: [link1](https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/12f66f69f7bf1ec1266ddbee90a7616cbf33696b), [link2](https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES), [link3](https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00015.html).

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