CVE-2007-1218

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-1218
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-03-02 21:18:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionOff-by-one buffer overflow in the parse_elements function in the 802.11 printer code (print-802_11.c) for tcpdump 3.9.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted 802.11 frame. NOTE: this was originally referred to as heap-based, but it might be stack-based.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Tcpdump Tcpdump All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVS log for tcpdump/print-802_11.c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cvs.tcpdump.org
Ubuntu update for tcpdump - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1100 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
Red Hat update for tcpdump - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/32427 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA07-352A -- Apple Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
USN-429-1: tcpdump vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Mandriva update for tcpdump - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
cvs.tcpdump.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/tcpdump/print-802_11.c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cvs.tcpdump.org
Debian update for tcpdump - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
tcpdump IEEE802.11 Printer Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora Core 6 Update: tcpdump-3.9.4-10.fc6 | FedoraNEWS.ORG af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fedoranews.org
APPLE-SA-2007-12-17 Security Update 2007-009 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
About Security Update 2007-009 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.info.apple.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
rpath update for tcpdump - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
168916 – net-analyzer/tcpdump off-by-one heap overflow in 802.11 printer (CVE-2007-1218) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Full Disclosure: tcpdump: off-by-one heap overflow in 802.11 printer af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
[SECURITY] Fedora Core 5 Update: tcpdump-3.9.4-4.fc5 | FedoraNEWS.ORG af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fedoranews.org
Fedora update for tcpdump - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
tcpdump 802.11 "parse_elements()" Off-By-One Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.turbolinux.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1272-1 tcpdump af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Tcpdump Off-by-One Heap Overflow Lets Remote Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-05-11Mark J CoxRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=232347 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/

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