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CVE-2015-2155

The force printer in tcpdump before 4.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2015-2155 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 5 products from debian, from fedoraproject, from opensuse and 2 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

First disclosed in 2015, this vulnerability was reported during a period defined by widespread IoT adoption challenges, mobile security concerns, and the emergence of advanced persistent threat (APT) techniques. Contemporary mitigation strategies focused on secure development practices and third-party component vetting.

Published

2015-03-24T17:59:08.883

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	7.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	21	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.1	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.2	Yes
Operating System	oracle	solaris	11.2	Yes
Application	tcpdump	tcpdump	≤ 4.7.0	Yes

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0114.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153834.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00084.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130730/tcpdump-Denial-Of-Service-Code-Execution.html Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3193 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:125 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:182 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534829/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73021 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031937 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2580-1 ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1871 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201798 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-04 ([email protected])
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0114.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153834.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00084.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130730/tcpdump-Denial-Of-Service-Code-Execution.html Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3193 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:125 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:182 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534829/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73021 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031937 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2580-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1871 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201798 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-04 (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 debian'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.