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GHSA-78vx-8c5h-72jr
GHSA-78vx-8c5h-72jr
PUBLISHED
CVSS 8.699999809265137 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 14, 2022
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.
Risk scores
CVSS 4.0
8.699999809265137
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Timeline
- May 14, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch (3 in total, the first dated here)
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2154 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1871 url
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-04 url
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130730/tcpdump-Denial-Of-Service-Code-Execution.html url
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3193 url
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:125 url
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73017 url
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201797 url
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0114.html url
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153834.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00084.html url
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2580-1 url
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153999.html url
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:182 url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534829/100/0/threaded url
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031937 url