CVE-2015-0261

tcpdump < 4.7.2 - Denial of Service or Remote Code Execution via Negative IPv6 Mobility Option Length

Title source: llm

Description

Integer signedness error in the mobility_opt_print function in the IPv6 mobility printer in tcpdump before 4.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a negative length value.

References (16)

Core 16

Core References

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153834.html

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:125

Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130730/tcpdump-Denial-Of-Service-Code-Execution.html

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1871

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031937

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-04

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153999.html

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0114.html

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2580-1

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534829/100/0/threaded

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00084.html

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:182

Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201792

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73019

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3193

Scores

EPSS 0.0142

EPSS Percentile 80.8%

Details

CWE

CWE-189

Status published

Products (1)

tcpdump/tcpdump < 4.7.0

Published Mar 24, 2015

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026