SB2022021837 - SUSE update for tcpdump
Published: February 18, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022021837
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16301)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in libpcap when during pcapng reading. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application that uses the affected library, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or crash the application.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.