CVE-2007-1218

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    CVE-2007-1218

    Published: 2 Mar 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Off-by-one buffer overflow in the parse_elements function in the 802.11 printer code (print-802_11.c) for tcpdump 3.9.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted 802.11 frame. NOTE: this was originally referred to as heap-based, but it might be stack-based.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/24318, http://secunia.com/advisories/24354, http://secunia.com/advisories/24423, http://secunia.com/advisories/24451, http://secunia.com/advisories/24583, http://secunia.com/advisories/24610, http://secunia.com/advisories/27580, http://secunia.com/advisories/28136, http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1272, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:056, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:155, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-429-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0793, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238, https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=168916, http://cvs.tcpdump.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/tcpdump/print-802_11.c, http://cvs.tcpdump.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/tcpdump/print-802_11.c?r1=1.31.2.11&r2=1.31.2.12, http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179, http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2798, http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2799, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Mar/0003.html, http://www.osvdb.org/32427, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0368.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0387.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22772, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017717, http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2007/TLSA-2007-46.txt, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32749, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1100, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9520

    Affected packages

    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