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Medium
CVE-2003-1029
The L2TP protocol parser in tcpdump 3.8.1 and earlier allows...
Vulnerability Description
The L2TP protocol parser in tcpdump 3.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and memory consumption) via a packet with invalid data to UDP port 1701, which causes l2tp_avp_print to use a bad length value when calling print_octets.
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.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10718
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10668
- http://marc.info/?l=tcpdump-workers&m=107228187124962&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10636
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1008748
- http://lwn.net/Alerts/66805/
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:008
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/350238/30/21640/threaded
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-425
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10652
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107213553214985&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107193841728533&w=2
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
tcpdump
Vulnerable Versions:
3.4, 3.5, 3.5.2, 3.6.2, 3.6.3, 3.7
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 15th, 2004
Last Modified:
August 8th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.