VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-2155
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.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 7.81%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.81%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 7.81% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · opensuse/opensuse · oracle/solaris · tcpdump/tcpdump
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0114.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153834.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00084.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130730/tcpdump-Denial-Of-Service-Code-Execution.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3193Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:125Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:182Broken Link
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534829/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73021
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031937Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2580-1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1871
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201798Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-04
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0114.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153834.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00084.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130730/tcpdump-Denial-Of-Service-Code-Execution.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3193Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:125Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:182Broken Link
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534829/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73021
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031937Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2580-1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1871
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201798Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-04
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.