Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title tcpdump: Multiple vulnerabilities
Informations
Name GLSA-201510-04 First vendor Publication 2015-10-31
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2015-10-31
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in tcpdump, the worst of which can allow remote attackers to cause Denial of Service condition or executive arbitrary code.

Background

tcpdump is a Tool for network monitoring and data acquisition.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in tcpdump. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All tcpdump users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/tcpdump-4.7.4"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2015-0261 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0261
[ 2 ] CVE-2015-2153 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2153
[ 3 ] CVE-2015-2154 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2154
[ 4 ] CVE-2015-2155 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2155

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-04

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201510-04.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
67 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
33 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 2
Os 1
Os 2
Os 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-09-08 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2017-1180.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-09-08 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2017-1179.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-25 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2017-1871.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-22 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20170801_tcpdump_on_SL7_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-09 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-1871.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-08-03 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2017-1871.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-09 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-557.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-04-27 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-1110-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-11-02 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201510-04.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-07-08 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2015-557.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-04-28 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2580-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-04-20 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-4953.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-04-09 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_tcpdump-150320.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-04-03 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-4804.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-31 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2015-182.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-31 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-4939.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-30 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2015-267.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-30 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2015-125.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-26 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-174.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-18 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3193.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2015-11-03 13:24:41
  • Multiple Updates
2015-10-31 17:23:06
  • First insertion