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FKIE_CVE-2015-2155

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-03-24 17:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:23
Severity
Summary
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0114.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153834.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00084.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130730/tcpdump-Denial-Of-Service-Code-Execution.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3193Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:125Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:182Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534829/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73021
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031937Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2580-1
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1871
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201798Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-04
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0114.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153834.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00084.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130730/tcpdump-Denial-Of-Service-Code-Execution.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3193Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:125Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:182Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534829/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73021
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031937Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2580-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1871
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201798Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-04
Impacted products

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