Vulnerabilities > CVE-2011-1935 - Unspecified vulnerability in Tcpdump Libpcap 1.1.1/1.2.0
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
pcap-linux.c in libpcap 1.1.1 before commit ea9432fabdf4b33cbc76d9437200e028f1c47c93 when snaplen is set may truncate packets, which might allow remote attackers to send arbitrary data while avoiding detection via crafted packets.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 2 |
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1935/
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=623868
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/11
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.tcpdump.devel/5018
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.tcpdump.devel/4968
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?att=1%3Bbug=623868%3Bfilename=0001-Fix-the-calculation-of-the-frame-size-in-memory-mapp.patch%3Bmsg=10