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CVE-2001-1279

Published: Sep 1, 2004Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
4.8%
Top 9.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

Buffer overflow in print-rx.c of tcpdump 3.x (probably 3.6x) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via AFS RPC packets with invalid lengths that trigger an integer signedness error, a different vulnerability than CVE-2000-1026.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

lbl
oss-projectaka lbl traceroute
tcpdumpOn-prem
Networking Infrastructure / network-management
Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka red hat
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
and 1 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-025.0.txt
ftp.caldera.com
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:48.tcpdump.asc
ftp.freebsd.org
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000480
distro.conectiva.com.br
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