PT-2023-17257 · Tcpdump+2 · Tcpdump+2

Published 2023-04-07 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2023-1801

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions tcpdump version 4.99.3

Description The SMB protocol decoder in tcpdump can perform an out-of-bounds write when decoding a crafted network packet. This issue was addressed with improved input validation.

Recommendations For tcpdump version 4.99.3, update to a version that includes the improved input validation to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-1801

MGASA-2023-0154

OESA-2023-1243

OESA-2023-1244

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12850-1

Affected Products

Debian

Apple Macos

Tcpdump

References · 34

• https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/03c037bbd75588beba3ee09f26d17783d21e30bc · Patch
• https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/7578e1c04ee280dda50c4c2813e7d55f539c6501 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:12850-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/tcpdump · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1801 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/KOA2BJFERAC3VRQIRHJOWN4HZY4ZA7CH · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2023-0154 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-1801 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/ZLLZCG23MU6O4QOG2CX3DLEL3YXP6LAI · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1801 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2023-1244 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/WYL5DEVHRJYF2CM5LTCZKEYFYDZAIZSN · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0154.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-1801 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2023-1243 · Vendor Advisory