CVE-2002-1976

Summary

CVECVE-2002-1976
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionifconfig, when used on the Linux kernel 2.2 and later, does not report when the network interface is in promiscuous mode if it was put in promiscuous mode using PACKET_MR_PROMISC, which could allow attackers to sniff the network without detection, as demonstrated using libpcap.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.10 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.11 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.12 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.13 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.14 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.15 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.16 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.17 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.18 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.19 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.20 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.8 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.2.9 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.3.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.3.99 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.10 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.11 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.12 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.13 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.14 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.15 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.16 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.17 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.18 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.18 All x86 All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.19 pre6 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.8 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.4.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus HOME Mailing List: BugTraq af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 online.securityfocus.com
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-07/0279.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
ISS X-Force Database: linux-ifconfig-promiscuous-mode (9676): Linux kernel ifconfig could fail to show that a network interface is in promiscuous mode af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net
Linux Kernel Promiscuous Mode Status Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 online.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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