CVE-2015-2155

Summary

CVECVE-2015-2155
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-03-24 17:59:08 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
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
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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