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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 execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

    Published:Mar 9, 2015
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Mar 24, 2015
    EPSS Score:0.04982
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Opensuse
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Solaris
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Tcpdump
    Product
    Tcpdump

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0114.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153834.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00084.html
    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130730/tcpdump-Denial-Of-Service-Code-Execution.html
    http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3193
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:125
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:182
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534829/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73021
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031937
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2580-1
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1871
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201798
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-04
    http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0114.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153834.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00084.html
    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130730/tcpdump-Denial-Of-Service-Code-Execution.html
    http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3193
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:125
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:182
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534829/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73021
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031937
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2580-1
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1871
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201798
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-04

    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