CVE-2002-1976 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2002-1976?

CVE-2002-1976 is a low-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 28 Jun 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

ifconfig, when used on the Linux kernel 2.2 and later, does not report when the network interface is in promiscuous mode if it was put in promiscuous mode using PACKET_MR_PROMISC, which could allow attackers to sniff the network without detection, as demonstrated using libpcap.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1976?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2002-1976?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1976 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2002-1976 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1976 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1976, ECHO-35af-8dfc-9fee, GHSA-rm24-8945-q3fx.