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    CVE-2001-1279

    Buffer overflow in print-rx.c of tcpdump 3.x (probably 3.6x) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via AFS RPC packets with invalid lengths that trigger an integer signedness error, a different vulnerability than CVE-2000-1026.

    Published:Jul 9, 2001
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Sep 1, 2004
    EPSS Score:0.17293
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Lbl
    Product
    Tcpdump
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2005-1267 (CVSS 5) — The bgp_update_print function in tcpdump 3.x does not properly handle a -1 return value from the decode_prefix…
    CVE-2005-1280 (CVSS 5) — The rsvp_print function in tcpdump 3.9.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (inf…
    CVE-2005-1278 (CVSS 5) — The isis_print function, as called by isoclns_print, in tcpdump 3.9.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to c…
    CVE-2005-1279 (CVSS 5) — tcpdump 3.8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted (…
    CVE-2003-1029 (CVSS 5) — The L2TP protocol parser in tcpdump 3.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (in…
    CVE-2004-0057 (CVSS 5) — The rawprint function in the ISAKMP decoding routines (print-isakmp.c) for tcpdump 3.8.1 and earlier allows re…
    CVE-2004-0055 (CVSS 5) — The print_attr_string function in print-radius.c for tcpdump 3.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to caus…
    CVE-2003-0108 (CVSS 5) — isakmp_sub_print in tcpdump 3.6 through 3.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consum…
    CVE-2003-0145 (CVSS 5) — Unknown vulnerability in tcpdump before 3.7.2 related to an inability to "Handle unknown RADIUS attributes pro…
    CVE-2003-0093 (CVSS 5) — The RADIUS decoder in tcpdump 3.6.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) v…

    References

    ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-025.0.txt
    ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:48.tcpdump.asc
    http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000480
    http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7006.php
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/797201
    http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-032.php
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-089.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3065
    ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-025.0.txt
    ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:48.tcpdump.asc
    http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000480
    http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7006.php
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/797201
    http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-032.php
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-089.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3065

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High