USN-5331-1: tcpdump vulnerabilities
24025
12 May 2022
12 May 2022
CLOSED
LOW
CVE-2018-16301,CVE-2020-8037
Severity
low
Vendor
VMware Tanzu
Versions Affected
- Canonical Ubuntu 16.04
Description
It was discovered that tcpdump incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-16301) It was discovered that tcpdump incorrectly handled certain captured data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-8037)
CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2018-16301, CVE-2020-8037
Affected VMware Products and Versions
Severity is low unless otherwise noted.
- Isolation Segment
- 2.7.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 456.252
- 2.8.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.224
- 2.9.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.224
- 2.10.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.224
- 2.11.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.224
- 2.12.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.224
- Operations Manager
- 2.9.x versions prior to 2.9.34
- 2.10.x versions prior to 2.10.34
- VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
- 2.7.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 456.252
- 2.8.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.224
- 2.9.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.224
- 2.10.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.224
- 2.11.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.224
- 2.12.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.224
Mitigation
Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigation below. On the Tanzu Network product page for each release, check the Depends On section and/or Release Notes for this information. Releases that have fixed this issue include:- Isolation Segment
- 2.7.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 456.252 or greater
- 2.8.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.224 or greater
- 2.9.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.224 or greater
- 2.10.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.224 or greater
- 2.11.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.224 or greater
- 2.12.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.224 or greater
- Operations Manager
- 2.9.34
- 2.10.34
- VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
- 2.7.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 456.252 or greater
- 2.8.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.224 or greater
- 2.9.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.224 or greater
- 2.10.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.224 or greater
- 2.11.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.224 or greater
- 2.12.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.224 or greater
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16301
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-8037
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5331-1
- https://cloudfoundry.org/blog/usn-5331-1
History
2022-05-12: Initial vulnerability report published.