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CVE-2007-3798

Integer overflow in print-bgp.c in the BGP dissector in tcpdump 3.9.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted TLVs in a BGP packet, related to an unchecked return value.

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a CRITICAL severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 9.8, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts confidentiality (data exposure), integrity (unauthorized modifications), and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 7 products from tcpdump, from canonical, from debian and 4 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Originally identified in 2007, this vulnerability predates many modern security frameworks and practices. The vulnerability landscape of that era was characterized by different threat models and less mature defense mechanisms compared to contemporary standards.

Published

2007-07-16T22:30:00.000

Last Modified

2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-252
Type: Secondary
CWE-252

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	tcpdump	tcpdump	≤ 3.9.6	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	6.06	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	6.10	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	7.04	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	3.1	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	4.0	Yes
Application	slackware	slackware	9.0	Yes
Application	slackware	slackware	9.1	Yes
Application	slackware	slackware	10.0	Yes
Application	slackware	slackware	10.1	Yes
Application	slackware	slackware	10.2	Yes
Application	slackware	slackware	11.0	Yes
Application	slackware	slackware	12.0	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	< 5.5	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	< 6.1	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	5.5	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	5.5	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	5.5	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	5.5	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	5.5	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	5.5	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	5.5	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	5.5	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	5.5	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	5.5	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	5.5	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	5.5	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	5.5	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	6.1	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	6.1	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	6.1	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	6.1	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	6.1	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	6.1	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	6.1	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	6.1	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	6.1	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	6.1	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	6.1	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	6.1	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	6.1	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	6.1	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	6.2	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	6.2	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	6.2	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	6.2	Yes
Operating System	freebsd	freebsd	6.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	< 10.4.11	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x_server	< 10.4.11	Yes

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=184815 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://cvs.tcpdump.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/tcpdump/print-bgp.c?r1=1.91.2.11&r2=1.91.2.12 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html Mailing List ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/26135 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/26168 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/26223 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/26231 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/26263 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/26266 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/26286 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/26395 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/26404 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/26521 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27580 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:06.tcpdump.asc Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-14.xml Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.449313 Mailing List, Patch ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1353 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.digit-labs.org/files/exploits/private/tcpdump-bgp.c Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:148 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_16_sr.html Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0368.html Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0387.html Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474225/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24965 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018434 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0023/ Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2007/TLSA-2007-46.txt Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-492-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2578 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9771 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=184815 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://cvs.tcpdump.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/tcpdump/print-bgp.c?r1=1.91.2.11&r2=1.91.2.12 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html Mailing List (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26135 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26168 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26223 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26231 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26263 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26266 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26286 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26395 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26404 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26521 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27580 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:06.tcpdump.asc Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-14.xml Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.449313 Mailing List, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1353 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.digit-labs.org/files/exploits/private/tcpdump-bgp.c Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:148 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_16_sr.html Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0368.html Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0387.html Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474225/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24965 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018434 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0023/ Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2007/TLSA-2007-46.txt Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-492-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2578 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9771 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For tcpdump's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.