CVE catalog
CVE-2015-0261
tcpdump: CVE-2015-0261
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 6.84% · Oct 25, 2026
Integer signedness error in the mobility_opt_print function in the IPv6 mobility printer in tcpdump before 4.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a negative length value.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | tcpdump | sid | 4.99.6-2 | fixed |
| Debian | tcpdump | forky | 4.99.6-2 | fixed |
| Debian | tcpdump | trixie | 4.99.5-2 | fixed |
| Debian | tcpdump | bookworm | 4.99.3-1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | tcpdump | 14.04 | 4.4.0-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tcpdump | 14.04 | 4.5.1-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tcpdump | 14.04 | 4.5.1-2ubuntu1.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tcpdump | 14.04 | 4.5.1-2ubuntu1.2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | tcpdump | 14.04 | 4.4.0-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tcpdump | 14.04 | 4.5.1-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tcpdump | 14.04 | 4.5.1-2ubuntu1.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | tcpdump | 14.04 | 4.5.1-2ubuntu1.2 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | tcpdump | source | sid | 4.6.2-4 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | tcpdump | source | forky | 4.6.2-4 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | tcpdump | source | trixie | 4.6.2-4 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | tcpdump | source | bookworm | 4.6.2-4 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | tcpdump | deb | 14.04 | 4.5.1-2ubuntu1.2 | Not reported | USN-2580-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | tcpdump | deb | 14.04 | 4.5.1-2ubuntu1.2 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0261 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [tcpdump]Fixed
Details (2)
4.99.3-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.6.2-4dsa · tcpdump · debian · bookworm; dsa · tcpdump · debian · 12
4.99.3-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.6.2-4dsa · tcpdump · debian · bookworm; dsa · tcpdump · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [tcpdump]Fixed
Details (2)
4.99.5-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.6.2-4dsa · tcpdump · debian · 13
4.99.5-2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.6.2-4dsa · tcpdump · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1871]
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2017_1871.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0261]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-174-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3193-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0261]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2580-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0261]
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