Bug 1760463 (CVE-2018-14881) - CVE-2018-14881 tcpdump: Buffer over-read in bgp_capabilities_print() function in print-bgp.c
Summary: CVE-2018-14881 tcpdump: Buffer over-read in bgp_capabilities_print() function...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2018-14881
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1760626 Engineering1791714 Engineering1791715
Blocks: Embargoed1760628
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Reported: 2019-10-10 15:16 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2020-11-04 03:40 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: tcpdump 4.9.3
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An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was discovered in tcpdump while printing BGP packets captured in a pcap file or coming from the network. A remote attacker may abuse this flaw by sending specially crafted packets that, when printed, would trigger the flaw and crash the application.
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Last Closed: 2020-11-04 02:22:07 UTC

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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:4760 0 None None None 2020-11-04 03:40:51 UTC

Description Pedro Sampaio 2019-10-10 15:16:26 UTC 
The BGP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-bgp.c:bgp_capabilities_print() (BGP_CAPCODE_RESTART).

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/86326e880d31b328a151d45348c35220baa9a1ff

References:

https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES
Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2019-10-11 00:04:36 UTC 
Created tcpdump tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1760626]
Comment 4 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-11-04 02:22:07 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-14881
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-04 03:40:48 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2020:4760 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4760
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