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Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar Network Security is affected by vulnerabilities in tcpdump

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Summary

IBM QRadar Network Security has addressed vulnerabilities in tcpdump.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2016-7986
DESCRIPTION:
 tcpdump is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the GeoNetworking parser in the print-geonet.c and other functions. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121574 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-7985
DESCRIPTION:
 tcpdump is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the CALM FAST parser in the print-calm-fast.c:calm_fast_print() function. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121573 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-7984
DESCRIPTION:
 tcpdump is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the TFTP parser in the print-tftp.c:tftp_print() function. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121572 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-7983
DESCRIPTION:
 tcpdump is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the BOOTP parser in the print-bootp.c:bootp_print() function. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121571 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-7975
DESCRIPTION:
 tcpdump is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the TCP parser in the print-tcp.c:tcp_print() function. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121570 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-7974
DESCRIPTION:
 tcpdump is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the IP parser in the print-ip.c and other functions. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121569 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-7973
DESCRIPTION:
 tcpdump is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the AppleTalk parser in the print-atalk.c and other functions. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121568 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-7940
DESCRIPTION:
 tcpdump is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the STP parser in the print-stp.c and other functions. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121567 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-7939
DESCRIPTION:
 tcpdump is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the GRE parser in the print-gre.c and other functions. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121566 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-7938
DESCRIPTION:
 tcpdump is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the ZeroMQ parser in the print-zeromq.c:zmtp1_print_frame() function. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121565 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-7937
DESCRIPTION:
 tcpdump is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the VAT parser in the print-udp.c:vat_print() function. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121564 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-7936
DESCRIPTION:
 tcpdump is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the UDP parser in the print-udp.c:udp_print() function. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121563 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-7935
DESCRIPTION:
 tcpdump is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the RTP parser in the print-udp.c:rtp_print() function. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121562 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-7934
DESCRIPTION:
 tcpdump is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the RTCP parser in the print-udp.c:rtcp_print() function. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121561 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-7933
DESCRIPTION:
 tcpdump is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the PPP parser in the print-ppp.c:ppp_hdlc_if_print() function. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121560 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-7932
DESCRIPTION:
 tcpdump is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the PIM parser in the print-pim.c:pimv2_check_checksum() function. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121559 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-7931
DESCRIPTION:
 tcpdump is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the MPLS parser in the print-mpls.c:mpls_print() function. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121558 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:CVE-2016-7930
DESCRIPTION:
 tcpdump is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the LLC/SNAP parser in the print-llc.c:llc_print() function. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121557 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-7929
DESCRIPTION:
 tcpdump is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the Juniper PPPoE ATM parser in the print-juniper.c:juniper_parse_header() function. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121556 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-7928
DESCRIPTION:
 tcpdump is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the IPComp parser in the print-ipcomp.c:ipcomp_print() function. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121555 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-7927
DESCRIPTION:
 tcpdump is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the IEEE 802.11 parser in the print-802_11.c:ieee802_11_radio_print() function. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121554 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-7926
DESCRIPTION:
 tcpdump is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the Ethernet parser in the print-ether.c:ethertype_print() function. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121553 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-7925
DESCRIPTION:
 tcpdump is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the SLIP parser in the print-sl.c:sl_if_print() function. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121552 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-7924
DESCRIPTION:
 tcpdump is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the ATM parser in the print-atm.c:oam_print() function. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121551 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-7923
DESCRIPTION:
 tcpdump is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the ARP parser in the print-arp.c:arp_print() function. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121550 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2016-7922
DESCRIPTION:
 tcpdump is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the AH parser in the print-ah.c:ah_print() function. By sending an overly long argument, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 7.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121548 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID: CVE-2015-2155
DESCRIPTION:
 Tcpdump could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error in the Force printer. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/101831 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS: 2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVEID: CVE-2015-2154
DESCRIPTION:
 Tcpdump could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error in the Ethernet printer module. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/101830 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS: 2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVEID: CVE-2015-2153
DESCRIPTION:
 Tcpdump could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error in the TCP printer module. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/101829 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS: 2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVEID: CVE-2015-0261
DESCRIPTION:
 Tcpdump could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error in the IPv6 mobility printer module. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/101828 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS: 2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM QRadar Network Security 5.4

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMFRemediation/First Fix
IBM QRadar Network SecurityFirmware version 5.4Install Firmware 5.4.0.3 from the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface, or by performing a One Time Scheduled Installation from SiteProtector.
Or
Download Firmware 5.4.0.3 from IBM Security License Key and Download Center and upload and install via the Available Updates page of the Local Management Interface.

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

05 December 2017: Original Version Published

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

UID

swg22008339