CVE

CVE-2002-1976

Severity:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
31/12/2002
Last modified:
05/09/2008

Description

ifconfig, when used on the Linux kernel 2.2 and later, does not report when the network interface is in promiscuous mode if it was put in promiscuous mode using PACKET_MR_PROMISC, which could allow attackers to sniff the network without detection, as demonstrated using libpcap.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.10 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
2.10
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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