PT-2007-2639 · Tcpdump+1 · Tcpdump+1

Published 2007-03-02 · Updated 2017-10-11 · CVE-2007-1218

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions tcpdump versions 3.9.5 and earlier

Description The issue is related to an off-by-one buffer overflow in the parse elements function within the 802.11 printer code, located in the print-802 11.c file. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a crash, by sending a crafted 802.11 frame.

Recommendations For versions 3.9.5 and earlier, consider updating to a newer version to mitigate the risk of a denial of service attack. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-1218

DSA-1272-1

RHSA-2007:0368

RHSA-2007:0387

RHSA-2007_0368

RHSA-2007_0387

Affected Products

Red Hat

Tcpdump

References · 42

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• http://secunia.com/advisories/24354 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=168916 · Vendor Advisory
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• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-1218 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1218 · Security Note
• http://turbolinux.com/security/2007/TLSA-2007-46.txt · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0368.html · Vendor Advisory
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