CVE-2002-1976
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 34.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-06-28 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 03:43Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-06-29
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a73c2dc54f35b2143a934e1e279a8eb51eb9de3f77eac8e49992ca57fc8dbc4c
05 Affected products
06 References
- archives.neohapsis.com20020724 Interface promiscuity obscurity in Linuxhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-07/0279.html
- online.securityfocus.com20020724 Re: Interface promiscuity obscurity in Linuxhttp://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/284142
- www.securityfocus.com5304http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5304
- online.securityfocus.com20020725 Re: Interface promiscuity obscurity in Linuxhttp://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/284257
- www.iss.netlinux-ifconfig-promiscuous-mode(9676)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9676.php
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- net-tools No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- net-tools No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- net-tools No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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