Unscored severity · published Mar 24, 2015
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
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CVSS
7.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.8% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
21 · source: NVD
OP
Opensuse · Opensuse
13.1; 13.2 · source: NVD
SO
Solaris · Oracle
11.2 · source: NVD
TC
Tcpdump · Tcpdump
through 4.7.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2155
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2155
Third Party Advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0114.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153834.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00084.html
Patch
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130730/tcpdump-Denial-Of-Service-Code-Execution.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3193
Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:125
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