Description
The force printer in tcpdump before 4.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
References (15)
Core 15
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201798
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73021
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153834.html
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:125
Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry 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
Third Party 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
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
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00084.html
Broken Link 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
0.0454
EPSS Percentile
89.3%
Details
Status
published
Products (7)
debian/debian_linux
7.0
debian/debian_linux
8.0
fedoraproject/fedora
21
opensuse/opensuse
13.1
opensuse/opensuse
13.2
oracle/solaris
11.2
tcpdump/tcpdump
< 4.7.0
Published
Mar 24, 2015
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026