VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2003-1029
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…
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 9.92%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (9.92%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 9.92% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- lbl/tcpdump
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lwn.net/Alerts/66805/
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107193841728533&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107213553214985&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=tcpdump-workers&m=107228187124962&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10636
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10652
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10668
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10718
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-425Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:008
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/350238/30/21640/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1008748
- http://lwn.net/Alerts/66805/
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107193841728533&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107213553214985&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=tcpdump-workers&m=107228187124962&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10636
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10652
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10668
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10718
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-425Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:008
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/350238/30/21640/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1008748
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.