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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

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)

Solution

Run 'yum update tcpdump' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2020-1385.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 133095

File Name: al2_ALAS-2020-1385.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/21/2020

Updated: 3/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, 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: 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