CVE-2015-2153

medium
Published 2015-03-24 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
6.0

Description

The rpki_rtr_pdu_print function in print-rpki-rtr.c in the TCP printer in tcpdump before 4.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write and crash) via a crafted header length in an RPKI-RTR Protocol Data Unit (PDU).

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-37663 dos linux
Luke Arntson ยท 2015-07-20

TcpDump - rpki_rtr_pdu_print Out-of-Bounds Denial of Service

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed4.6.2-4
debian debianbullseyefixed4.6.2-4
debian debianforkyfixed4.6.2-4
debian debiansidfixed4.6.2-4
debian debiantrixiefixed4.6.2-4

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
tcpdumptcpdump{"endIncluding":"4.7.0"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.