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CVE-2002-1976

Published: Jun 28, 2005

Modified: Aug 8, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

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