tcpdump up to 4.7.1 Force Printer memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in tcpdump up to 4.7.1. This affects an unknown function of the component Force Printer. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2015-2155. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in tcpdump up to 4.7.1 (Packet Analyzer Software). Affected is an unknown functionality of the component Force Printer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 03/09/2015 as Bug 1201798 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-2155 since 02/28/2015. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 82159 (Debian DLA-174-1 : tcpdump security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 169952 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for tcpdump, libpcap (SUSE-SU-2017:1110-1)).

Upgrading to version 4.7.2 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at ca.tcpdump.org.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (82159), SecurityFocus (BID 73021†), SecurityTracker (ID 1031937†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-49331†). The entries VDB-74079, VDB-74080, VDB-74081 and VDB-96107 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 82159
Nessus Name: Debian DLA-174-1 : tcpdump security update
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OpenVAS ID: 703193
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3193-1 (tcpdump - security update)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: tcpdump 4.7.2

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Sourcesinfo

Product: tcpdump.org

Advisory: Bug 1201798
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-2155 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-2155
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-74082

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SecurityFocus: 73021 - tcpdump CVE-2015-2155 Denial of Service Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1031937 - Tcpdump IPv6 Mobility/TCP/Ethernet/Force Printer Module Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 49331 - tcpdump <4.7.2 Remote DoS or Code Execution in Force Printer, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 10:32
Updated: 04/16/2022 03:33
Changes: 03/23/2015 10:32 (71), 06/24/2017 09:40 (9), 04/16/2022 03:33 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:464:103

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