Multiple security issues were discovered in tcpdump. A remote attacker could use these issues to cause tcpdump to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4252-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(133291);
script_version("1.5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/10/20");
script_cve_id(
"CVE-2017-16808",
"CVE-2018-10103",
"CVE-2018-10105",
"CVE-2018-14461",
"CVE-2018-14462",
"CVE-2018-14463",
"CVE-2018-14464",
"CVE-2018-14465",
"CVE-2018-14466",
"CVE-2018-14467",
"CVE-2018-14468",
"CVE-2018-14469",
"CVE-2018-14470",
"CVE-2018-14879",
"CVE-2018-14880",
"CVE-2018-14881",
"CVE-2018-14882",
"CVE-2018-16227",
"CVE-2018-16228",
"CVE-2018-16229",
"CVE-2018-16230",
"CVE-2018-16300",
"CVE-2018-16451",
"CVE-2018-16452",
"CVE-2018-19519",
"CVE-2019-1010220",
"CVE-2019-15166",
"CVE-2019-15167"
);
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"4252-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : tcpdump vulnerabilities (USN-4252-1)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"Multiple security issues were discovered in tcpdump. A remote attacker
could use these issues to cause tcpdump to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4252-1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected tcpdump package.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-10105");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/11/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/01/27");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/01/28");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:tcpdump");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2020-2023 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2020-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include('debian_package.inc');
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('16.04' >< os_release || '18.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 16.04 / 18.04', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);
var pkgs = [
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'tcpdump', 'pkgver': '4.9.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'tcpdump', 'pkgver': '4.9.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1'}
];
var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
var osver = NULL;
var pkgname = NULL;
var pkgver = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
if (ubuntu_check(osver:osver, pkgname:pkgname, pkgver:pkgver)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : ubuntu_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'tcpdump');
}
Vendor | Product | Version |
---|---|---|
canonical | ubuntu_linux | tcpdump |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 16.04 |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 18.04 |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16808
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-10103
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-10105
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14461
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14462
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14463
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14464
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14465
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14466
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14467
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14468
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14469
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14470
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14879
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14880
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14881
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14882
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16227
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16228
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16229
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16230
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16300
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16451
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16452
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19519
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1010220
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-15166
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-15167
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4252-1