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Amazon Linux 2 : tcpdump (ALAS-2020-1385)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 133095
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.Description
The version of tcpdump installed on the remote host is prior to 4.9.2-4. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2020-1385 advisory.In tcpdump 4.9.2, a stack-based buffer over-read exists in the print_prefix function of print-hncp.c via crafted packet data because of missing initialization. (CVE-2018-19519)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Run 'yum update tcpdump' to update your system.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 133095
File Name: al2_ALAS-2020-1385.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 1/21/2020
Updated: 12/11/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-19519
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tcpdump, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tcpdump-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/17/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/25/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-19519
ALAS: 2020-1385