CVE-2015-3138

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2015-03-25
Bugzilla:
1212342: CVE-2015-3138 tcpdump: denial of service in print-wb.c

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

print-wb.c in tcpdump before 4.7.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and process crash).

Find out more about CVE-2015-3138 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of tcpdump as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7 as they did not include vulnerable code.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 2.9
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 tcpdump Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 tcpdump Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 tcpdump Not affected

Last Modified

CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation

Close

Welcome! Check out the Getting Started with Red Hat page for quick tours and guides for common tasks.