DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1976

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-1976
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1976.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1976
Upstream
Published
2002-12-31T05:00:00Z
Modified
2026-04-28T20:02:45.955464Z
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

Debian:11 / net-tools

Package

Name
net-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/net-tools?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.60+git20181103.0eebece-1
1.60+git20181103.0eebece-1+deb11u1
1.60+git20181103.0eebece-1+deb11u2
2.*
2.10-0.1
2.10-1
2.10-1.1
2.10-1.2
2.10-1.3
2.10-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1976.json"

Debian:12 / net-tools

Package

Name
net-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/net-tools?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.10-0.1
2.10-0.1+deb12u1
2.10-0.1+deb12u2
2.10-1
2.10-1.1
2.10-1.2
2.10-1.3
2.10-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1976.json"

Debian:13 / net-tools

Package

Name
net-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/net-tools?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.10-1.3
2.10-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1976.json"

Debian:14 / net-tools

Package

Name
net-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/net-tools?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.10-1.3
2.10-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1976.json"