CVE-2015-0261
First published: Fri Mar 13 2015(Updated: )
A flaw was found in tcpdump's IPv6 mobility printer. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause tcpdump to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Upstream patch: <a href="http://www.ca.tcpdump.org/cve/0003-test-case-for-cve2015-0261-corrupted-IPv6-mobility-h.patch">http://www.ca.tcpdump.org/cve/0003-test-case-for-cve2015-0261-corrupted-IPv6-mobility-h.patch</a>
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| redhat/tcpdump | <4.7.2 | 4.7.2 |
| tcpdump tcpdump | <=4.7.0 |
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Reference Links
- 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/73019
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031937
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2580-1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1871
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201792
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-04
- http://www.ca.tcpdump.org/cve/0003-test-case-for-cve2015-0261-corrupted-IPv6-mobility-h.patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1201799
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/57c538422b7fcde95be3df88912f13a792ce7ccc
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