CVE-2007-3798 EXPLOIT
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 70.4% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 70.39% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-252 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-07-16 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (7)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apple | mac os x |
| apple | mac os x server |
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
| debian | debian linux |
| freebsd | freebsd |
| slackware | slackware |
| tcpdump | tcpdump |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | tcpdump - Print-bgp.C Remote Integer Underflow | 2007-03-01 |
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=184815
- http://cvs.tcpdump.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/tcpdump/print-bgp.c?r1=1.91.2.11&r2=1.91.2.12
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26135
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26168
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26223
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26231
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26263
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26266
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26286
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26395
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26404
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26521
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27580
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
- http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:06.tcpdump.asc
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-14.xml
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.449313
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1353
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