CVE-2015-3138

Publication date 28 September 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

Description

print-wb.c in tcpdump before 4.7.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and process crash).

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
tcpdump 15.04 vivid
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Notes

sbeattie

introduced in commit https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/3a3ec26085461998074b827b112d38e8f3246a86 only affected 4.7.0 - 4.7.3

Patch details

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Package Patch details
tcpdump

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.5 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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