CVEvulnerability

CVE-2007-3798

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2007-07-16 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2007-07-16
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-252

Description

Integer overflow in print-bgp.c in the BGP dissector in tcpdump 3.9.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted TLVs in a BGP packet, related to an unchecked return value.

Affected configurations

• tcpdump tcpdump (<= 3.9.6) • canonical ubuntu linux 6.06 • canonical ubuntu linux 6.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 7.04 • debian debian linux 3.1 • debian debian linux 4.0 • slackware slackware 9.0 • slackware slackware 9.1 • slackware slackware 10.0 • slackware slackware 10.1 • slackware slackware 10.2 • slackware slackware 11.0 • slackware slackware 12.0 • freebsd freebsd (>= 5.0 < 5.5) • freebsd freebsd (>= 6.0 < 6.1) • freebsd freebsd 5.5 • freebsd freebsd 6.1 • freebsd freebsd 6.2 • apple mac os x (>= 10.0.0 < 10.4.11) • apple mac os x server (>= 10.0.0 < 10.4.11)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-252 Unchecked Return Value weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

  • CWE-252 Unchecked Return Value weakness
  • CWE-754 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions weakness

References