CVE-2015-2155

critical

Description

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.

References

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201798

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031937

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3193

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130730/tcpdump-Denial-Of-Service-Code-Execution.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00084.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153834.html

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0114.html

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-04

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1871

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2580-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73021

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534829/100/0/threaded

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-03-24

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.04185

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