libpcap < 1.9.1 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
🗓️ 21 Oct 2019 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone Networks GmbHType
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| tcpdump | www.tcpdump.org/libpcap-changes.txt |
# Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone Networks GmbH
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.113544");
script_version("2022-02-16T03:03:58+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-02-16 03:03:58 +0000 (Wed, 16 Feb 2022)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-10-21 15:50:34 +0000 (Mon, 21 Oct 2019)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.4");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-02-14 17:35:00 +0000 (Mon, 14 Feb 2022)");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-16301");
script_name("libpcap < 1.9.1 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Buffer overflow");
script_dependencies("gb_tcpdump_ssh_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("libpcap/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"libpcap is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The vulnerability exists because of errors in pcapng reading.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to
execute arbitrary code on the target machine.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"libpcap through version 1.9.0.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.9.1.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.tcpdump.org/libpcap-changes.txt");
exit(0);
}
CPE = "cpe:/a:tcpdump:libpcap";
include( "host_details.inc" );
include( "version_func.inc" );
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe: CPE, exit_no_version: TRUE ) ) exit( 0 );
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if( version_is_less( version: version, test_version: "1.9.1" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.9.1", install_path: location );
security_message( data: report, port: 0 );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
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16 Feb 2022 00:00Current
8.1High risk
Vulners AI Score8.1
CVSS 24.4
CVSS 3.17.8
EPSS0.00626