CVE-2015-3138 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via segmentation fault in tcpdump, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2015-3138?

CVE-2015-3138 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Opensuse Leap, published on 27 Sep 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

print-wb.c in tcpdump before 4.7.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and process crash).

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-3138?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Project Leap, Tcpdump Tcpdump.

How do I fix CVE-2015-3138?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2015-3138 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-3138 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Opensuse Leap vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-75gj-485x-v865.

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