Denial of Service (DoS) Affecting tcpdump package, versions [,4.7.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
13.02% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TCPDUMP-2369802
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed24 Mar 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Mar 2015

CVE-2015-2155  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade tcpdump to version 4.7.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS). 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.

CVSS Scores

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