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CVE-2015-2154 json

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 o…

published 2015-03-24 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-2264

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.5%
EPSS 4.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • tcpdump Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.6.2-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2154

  • tcpdump Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4.5.1-2ubuntu1.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2154

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • tcpdump RHEL 7 14:4.9.0-5.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:1871

  • libpcap SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +8 more 1.8.1-9.1
  • tcpdump SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +4 more 4.9.0-13.1
  • tcpdump SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 4.5.1-7.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:1110-1SUSE-SU-2015:0679-1

  • tcpdump openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.7.4-3.4

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10396-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-2154 updated cvss 6.8

tcpdump: ethernet printer osi_print_cksum() missing sanity checks out-of-bounds read

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 tcpdump Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 tcpdump
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) tcpdump 4.9.0-5.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) tcpdump 4.9.0-5.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) tcpdump 4.9.0-5.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) tcpdump 4.9.0-5.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1871

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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