CVE-2015-2155
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2015-2155 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2015-03-24 17:59:08 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 7.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Fedoraproject | Fedora | 21 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Opensuse | Opensuse | 13.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Opensuse | Opensuse | 13.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Oracle | Solaris | 11.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Tcpdump | Tcpdump | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | access.redhat.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: tcpdump-4.7.3-1.fc21 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.fedoraproject.org | Third Party Advisory |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3193-1 tcpdump | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | Third Party Advisory |
| openSUSE-SU-2015:0616-1: moderate: Security update for tcpdump | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Third Party Advisory |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:182 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | Broken Link |
| tcpdump: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201510-04) — Gentoo Security | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| 1201798 – (CVE-2015-2155) CVE-2015-2155 tcpdump: force printer vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Tcpdump IPv6 Mobility/TCP/Ethernet/Force Printer Module Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| tcpdump Denial Of Service / Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | packetstormsecurity.com | Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Oracle Solaris Third Party Bulletin - July 2015 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.oracle.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0114 - Updated tcpdump package fixes security vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | advisories.mageia.org | Third Party Advisory |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:125 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | Broken Link |
| tcpdump CVE-2015-2155 Denial of Service Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| USN-2580-1: tcpdump vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.