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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14879

The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:get_next_file().

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Debian:12 tcpdump

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.9.3-1"}]}]

Debian:13 tcpdump

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.9.3-1"}]}]

Debian:14 tcpdump

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.9.3-1"}]}]