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libpcap before 1.9.1, as used in tcpdump before 4.9.3,...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 28, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

libpcap before 1.9.1, as used in tcpdump before 4.9.3, has a buffer overflow and/or over-read because of errors in pcapng reading.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 3, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Last updated Jan 28, 2023

Severity

High

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2018-16301

GHSA ID

GHSA-h8wh-rj39-x373

Source code

No known source code

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