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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16228
The HNCP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-hncp.c:print_prefix().
Original description
The description as published by the source.
The HNCP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-hncp.c:print_prefix().
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
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"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org