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CVE-2018-16452

The SMB parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has stack exhaustion in smbutil.c:smb_fdata() via recursion.

The SMB parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has stack exhaustion in smbutil.c:smb_fdata() via recursion.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.00948
Schedule remediation
  • SSVC automatable: yes - attacks can be scripted at scale
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-674Uncontrolled Recursion
CWE-674Uncontrolled Recursion
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Affected Products & Versions

1
tcpdump< 4.9.3
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD03 Oct 2019 · 04:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
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Vendor Advisories

9
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:11425-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2020:3360-1
usnUSN-4252-2
usnUSN-4252-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2019:2344-1
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References & Sources

16
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGESRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/24182d959f661327525a20d9a94c98a8ec016778PatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00015.html
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