CVE-2015-3138

Summary

CVECVE-2015-3138
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-28 01:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-30 16:27:00 UTC
Descriptionprint-wb.c in tcpdump before 4.7.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and process crash).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Project Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Project Leap 42.1 All All All
Application Tcpdump Tcpdump All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
openSUSE-SU-2017:1199-1: moderate: Security update for tcpdump, libpcap SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
whiteboard: fixup a few reversed tests (GH #446) · the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump@3ed82f4 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2015-3138 over-read issues in tcpdump Whiteboard decoder · Issue #446 · the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
1212342 – (CVE-2015-3138) CVE-2015-3138 tcpdump: denial of service in print-wb.c CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
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