High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 3, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-16300
CVE-2018-16300
Description
The BGP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 allows stack consumption in print-bgp.c:bgp_attr_print() because of unlimited recursion.
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Affected products
12- tcpdump/tcpdumpdescription
- osv-coords9 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/tcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/tcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/tcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5
< 4.9.2-lp150.10.1+ 8 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-lp150.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-lp151.4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.99.1-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-3.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-3.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.9.8-1.30.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.9.8-1.30.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-14.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-14.17.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
16- github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/af2cf04a9394c1a56227c2289ae8da262828294anvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGESnvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.htmlnvd
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26nvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00015.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDXHH4QDSDMU/nvd
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23nvd
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/28nvd
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200120-0001/nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT210788nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/4252-1/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/4252-2/nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4547nvd
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