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Status published
Medium
CVE-2000-0333
tcpdump, Ethereal, and other sniffer packages allow remote attackers to...
Vulnerability Description
tcpdump, Ethereal, and other sniffer packages allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed DNS packets in which a jump offset refers to itself, which causes tcpdump to enter an infinite loop while decompressing the packet.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
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Affected Vendor
ethereal group
View all reports →Affected Software
ethereal, tcpdump
Vulnerable Versions:
0.8.4, 0.8.5, 0.8.6, 3.4, 3.5a
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 18th, 2000
Last Modified:
August 8th, 2024
Added to House:
July 17th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.