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CVE-2015-2155

The force printer in tcpdump before 4.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly exec

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.04538
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

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debian linuxall versions
fedoraproject fedoraall versions
opensuseall versions
oracle solarisall versions
tcpdump<= 4.7.0
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Public Exploits & PoCs

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pocpacketstormsecurity.com · tcpdump-Denial-Of-Service-Code-Execution.htmlpacketstormsecurity.com
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD24 Mar 2015 · 05:59 PM
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Vendor Advisories

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suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10396-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2017:1110-1
rhsaRHSA-2017:1871Moderate
usnUSN-2580-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0679-1
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0114.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153834.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00084.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3193Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:125Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:182Broken Link
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