| Name | CVE-2015-0261 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-174-1, DSA-3193-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| tcpdump (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.9.3-1~deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 4.9.3-1~deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster | 4.9.3-1~deb10u2 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster (lts) | 4.9.3-1~deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 4.99.0-2+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4.99.3-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 4.99.5-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
http://www.ca.tcpdump.org/cve/0003-test-case-for-cve2015-0261-corrupted-IPv6-mobility-h.patch