high
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CWE
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Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2018-14879: Buffer Overflow

First published: Thu Oct 03 2019(Updated: )

Last updated 24 July 2024

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 cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Apple macOS Catalina<10.15.2
10.15.2
Apple Mojave
Apple High Sierra
debian/tcpdump
4.99.0-2+deb11u1
4.99.3-1
4.99.5-1
F5 Traffix Signaling Delivery Controller>=5.0.0<=5.1.0
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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux=7.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux=8.0

Remedy

https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/9ba91381954ad325ea4fd26b9c65a8bd9a2a85b6

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is CVE-2018-14879?

    CVE-2018-14879 is a vulnerability in tcpdump before version 4.9.3 that has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:get_next_file().

  • How severe is CVE-2018-14879?

    CVE-2018-14879 has a severity level of 7 (high).

  • What software is affected by CVE-2018-14879?

    The software affected by CVE-2018-14879 includes Apple macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Apple Mojave, Apple High Sierra, ubuntu/tcpdump, debian/tcpdump, Apple High Sierra 5.0.0 to 5.1.0, Tcpdump Tcpdump up to version 4.9.3, Apple Mac OS X up to version 10.15.2, Debian Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0, and 10.0, Fedoraproject Fedora 29, 30, and 31, openSUSE Leap 15.0 and 15.1, and Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 and 8.0.

  • How do I fix CVE-2018-14879 for macOS Catalina?

    To fix CVE-2018-14879 on macOS Catalina, update to tcpdump version 4.9.3.

  • How do I fix CVE-2018-14879 for Ubuntu?

    To fix CVE-2018-14879 on Ubuntu, update to tcpdump version 4.9.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+ or 4.9.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 or 4.9.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 or a higher version.

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