tcpdump CVE-2015-0261 Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:73019

Info

tcpdump CVE-2015-0261 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 73019
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2015-0261
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 10 2015 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 08 2015 10:03PM
Credit: The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 14.10
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS
tcpdump tcpdump 4.3
tcpdump tcpdump 4.7.0
tcpdump tcpdump 4.6.2
tcpdump tcpdump 4.5.0
Pexip Pexip Infinity 8.0
Pexip Pexip Infinity 7.0
Pexip Pexip Infinity 6.0
Pexip Pexip Infinity 5.0
Pexip Pexip Infinity 4.0
Pexip Pexip Infinity 3.0
Pexip Pexip Infinity 2.0
Pexip Pexip Infinity 1.0
Mandriva Business Server 1 X86 64
Mandriva Business Server 1
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable: tcpdump tcpdump 4.7.2
Pexip Pexip Infinity 9.0

Discussion

tcpdump CVE-2015-0261 Denial of Service Vulnerability

tcpdump is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker can leverage this issue to crash the affected application, denying service to legitimate users.

Exploit / POC

tcpdump CVE-2015-0261 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

tcpdump CVE-2015-0261 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently, we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

tcpdump CVE-2015-0261 Denial of Service Vulnerability

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