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CVE-2015-2155

Published: Mar 24, 2015 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
6.8 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2155
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Debian_linuxDebian7.0 (including)7.0 (including)
Debian_linuxDebian8.0 (including)8.0 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHattcpdump-14:4.9.0-5.el7*
TcpdumpUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
TcpdumpUbuntulucid*
TcpdumpUbuntuprecise*
TcpdumpUbuntutrusty*
TcpdumpUbuntutrusty/esm*
TcpdumpUbuntuupstream*
TcpdumpUbuntuutopic*

References

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