CVE-2015-2153

tcpdump < 4.7.0 - Denial of Service via Crafted RPKI-RTR PDU Header Length

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 2 public exploits for CVE-2015-2153. PoCs published by Luke Arntson, arntsonl.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit triggers an out-of-bounds write in tcpdump's RPKI-RTR PDU parser by sending a malformed packet with an overly large message length field, causing a denial of service. It crafts a raw TCP packet with a malicious RPKI error PDU payload to exploit CVE-2015-2153.

Description

The rpki_rtr_pdu_print function in print-rpki-rtr.c in the TCP printer in tcpdump before 4.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write and crash) via a crafted header length in an RPKI-RTR Protocol Data Unit (PDU).

Exploits (2)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Luke Arntson · textdoslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37663

This exploit triggers an out-of-bounds write in tcpdump's RPKI-RTR PDU parser by sending a malformed packet with an overly large message length field, causing a denial of service. It crafts a raw TCP packet with a malicious RPKI error PDU payload to exploit CVE-2015-2153.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: tcpdump 4.6.2, 4.5.1, 4.4.0
No auth needed
Prerequisites: tcpdump running in verbose mode · raw socket permissions
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →
nomisec WORKING POC 2 stars
by arntsonl · poc
https://github.com/arntsonl/CVE-2015-2153

This PoC exploits CVE-2015-2153, a DoS vulnerability in tcpdump's RPKI-RTR PDU parser. It crafts a malformed packet with an out-of-bounds message length to trigger a crash when tcpdump runs in verbose mode.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: tcpdump 4.6.2, 4.5.1, 4.4.0
No auth needed
Prerequisites: tcpdump running in verbose mode · network access to target
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (17)

Core 17
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
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73018
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1871
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
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37663/
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
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201795
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:182
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3193

Scores

EPSS 0.1881
EPSS Percentile 96.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
tcpdump/tcpdump < 4.7.0
Published Mar 24, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026