Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 17, 2001· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2001-1279

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.

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Affected products

Lbl/Tcpdump
cpe:2.3:a:lbl:tcpdump:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Tcpdump/Tcpdumpllm-fuzzy
Range: 3.x

Patches

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References

www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-089.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/797201nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-025.0.txtnvd
ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:48.tcpdump.ascnvd
distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/nvd
www.iss.net/security_center/static/7006.phpnvd
www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-032.phpnvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/3065nvd

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