CVE-2015-2154

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-03-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The osi_print_cksum function in print-isoclns.c in the ethernet printer in tcpdump before 4.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted (1) length, (2) offset, or (3) base pointer checksum value.

Affected products

The Tcpdump Group tcpdump: through 4.7.0

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0114.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153834.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153999.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00084.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130730/tcpdump-Denial-Of-Service-Code-Execution.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3193
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:125
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:182
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534829/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73017
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031937

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