critical9.1
CVE-2018-14938
An issue was discovered in wifipcap/wifipcap.cpp in TCPFLOW through 1.5.0-alpha.
Impact
An issue was discovered in wifipcap/wifipcap.cpp in TCPFLOW through 1.5.0-alpha. There is an integer overflow in the function handle_prism during caplen processing. If the caplen is less than 144, one can cause an integer overflow in the function handle_80211, which will result in an out-of-bounds read and may allow access to sensitive memory (or a denial of service).
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Digitalcorpora | Tcpflow | through 1.4.5 Version 1.5.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 16.04, 18.04, 18.10 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://github.com/simsong/tcpflow/commit/a4e1cd14eb5ccc51ed271b65b3420f7d692c40eb
- https://github.com/simsong/tcpflow/issues/182
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00046.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3955-1/
- https://github.com/simsong/tcpflow/commit/a4e1cd14eb5ccc51ed271b65b3420f7d692c40eb
- https://github.com/simsong/tcpflow/issues/182
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00046.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3955-1/