CVE-2001-1279

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2001-07-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in print-rx.c of tcpdump 3.x (probably 3.6x) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via AFS RPC packets with invalid lengths that trigger an integer signedness error, a different vulnerability than CVE-2000-1026.

Affected products

Lbl Tcpdump: 3.6.2

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000480
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7006.php
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/797201
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-032.php
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-089.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3065
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000480
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7006.php

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