CVE-2002-1976

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-1976
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2002-1976.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2002-1976
Downstream
Published
2002-12-31T05:00:00Z
Modified
2026-04-10T03:35:09.692272Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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 PACKETMRPROMISC, which could allow attackers to sniff the network without detection, as demonstrated using libpcap.

References

Affected packages