Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 17, 2001· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2001-1279
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
8- 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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