7.5
CVSSv2

CVE-2015-0261

Published: 24/03/2015 Updated: 09/10/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 668
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

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

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Vendor Advisories

Synopsis Moderate: tcpdump security, bug fix, and enhancement update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic An update for tcpdump is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate A Common Vulnerability Scoring Sy ...
tcpdump could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic ...
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in tcpdump, a command-line network traffic analyzer These vulnerabilities might result in denial of service (application crash) or, potentially, execution of arbitrary code For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 430-1+deb7u2 For the upcoming stable distributi ...
Integer signedness error in the mobility_opt_print function in the IPv6 mobility printer in tcpdump before 472 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 (CVE-2015-0261) The osi_print_cksum function in print-isoclnsc in the ethernet printer i ...
Integer signedness error in the mobility_opt_print function in the IPv6 mobility printer in tcpdump before 472 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 ...