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RHEL 8 : tcpdump (RHSA-2020:1604)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 143041
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for tcpdump.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1604 advisory.- tcpdump: Stack-based buffer over-read in print-hncp.c:print_prefix() via crafted pcap (CVE-2018-19519)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL tcpdump package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:1604.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?73ba9543
http://www.nessus.org/u?dd7b3f20
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1604
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 143041
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-1604.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/18/2020
Updated: 4/28/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tcpdump
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/28/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/25/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-19519
BID: 106098