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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2018-10932 json

lldptool version 1.0.1 and older can print a raw, unsanitized attacker controlled buffer when mngAddr information is displayed.

published 2018-08-21 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-2985

cvss
4.3
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 64%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

lldptool version 1.0.1 and older can print a raw, unsanitized attacker controlled buffer when mngAddr information is displayed. This may allow an attacker to inject shell control characters into the buffer and impact the behavior of the terminal.

Patch / fix

  • lldpad Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.1+git20180808.4e642bd-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10932

  • lldpad RHEL 7 1.0.1-5.git036e314.el7
  • lldpad RHEL 8 1.0.1-13.git036e314.el8

red hat advisories RHBA-2019:2339RHSA-2019:3673

  • open-lldp SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 0.9.46-7.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2021:3520-1

  • lldpad Rocky Linux 8 1.0.1-13.git036e314.el8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2019:3673

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-10932 updated cvss 4.3

lldptool: improper sanitization of shell-escape codes

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 lldpad, lldpad-libs
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) lldpad 1.0.1-13.git036e314.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3673
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) lldpad 1.0.1-5.git036e314.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) lldpad-devel 1.0.1-5.git036e314.el7, lldpad-debuginfo 1.0.1-5.git036e314.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) lldpad 1.0.1-5.git036e314.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) lldpad-devel 1.0.1-5.git036e314.el7, lldpad-debuginfo 1.0.1-5.git036e314.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) lldpad 1.0.1-5.git036e314.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) lldpad-devel 1.0.1-5.git036e314.el7, lldpad-debuginfo 1.0.1-5.git036e314.el7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) lldpad 1.0.1-5.git036e314.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) lldpad-devel 1.0.1-5.git036e314.el7, lldpad-debuginfo 1.0.1-5.git036e314.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2019:2339

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Exploit prediction

1.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 4.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.0 4.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.3 AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • Intel lldptool

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-117 Improper Output Neutralization for Logs
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.