CVE-2007-3798

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Integer overflow in print-bgp.c in the BGP dissector in tcpdump 3.9.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arb

Integer overflow in print-bgp.c in the BGP dissector in tcpdump 3.9.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted TLVs in a BGP packet, related to an unchecked return value.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 0.72693

Act now

EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
EPSS percentile: top 1% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
Public exploit or PoC is available
SSVC automatable: yes - attacks can be scripted at scale
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-252Unchecked Return Value

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Affected Products & Versions

tcpdump<= 3.9.6
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
debian linuxall versions
slackwareall versions
freebsd>= 5.0 and < 5.5
freebsd>= 6.0 and < 6.1
freebsdall versions
apple mac os x>= 10.0.0 and < 10.4.11
Show all 9 affected productsapple mac os x server>= 10.0.0 and < 10.4.11

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Public Exploits & PoCs

remotetcpdump - Print-bgp.C Remote Integer Underflowverified

pocwww.digit-labs.org · tcpdump-bgp.cwww.digit-labs.org

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Scoring & Timeline

9.8

CRITICAL · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org

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Attack Vector

Network Adjacent Local Physical

Attack Complexity

Low High

Privileges Required

None Low High

User Interaction

None Required

Scope

Unchanged Changed

Confidentiality

None Low High

Integrity

None Low High

Availability

None Low High

Published to NVD16 Jul 2007 · 10:30 PM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment

Exploitation

poc

Automatable

yes

Technical impact

total

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Vendor Advisories

usnUSN-492-1
rhsaRHSA-2007:0387Low
rhsaRHSA-2007:0368Low

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=184815Third Party Advisory

http://cvs.tcpdump.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/tcpdump/print-bgp.c?r1=1.91.2.11&r2=1.91.2.12Broken Link

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179Broken Link

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.htmlMailing List

http://secunia.com/advisories/26135Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/26168Broken LinkVendor Advisory

Show all 34 references

http://secunia.com/advisories/26223Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/26231Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/26263Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/26266Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/26286Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/26395Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/26404Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/26521Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/27580Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/28136Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:06.tcpdump.ascThird Party Advisory

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-14.xmlThird Party Advisory

http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.449313Mailing ListPatch

http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1353Third Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:148Third Party Advisory

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_16_sr.htmlBroken Link

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0368.htmlBroken Link

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0387.htmlBroken LinkVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474225/100/0/threadedBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24965Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018434Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0023/Broken Link

http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2007/TLSA-2007-46.txtBroken Link

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-492-1Third Party Advisory

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.htmlBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2578Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238Broken LinkVendor Advisory

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9771Broken Link

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