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    CVE-2005-1279

    tcpdump 3.8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted (1) BGP packet, which is not properly handled by RT_ROUTING_INFO, or (2) LDP packet, which is not properly handled by the ldp_print function.

    Published:Apr 26, 2005
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Apr 26, 2005
    EPSS Score:0.5679
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Lbl
    Product
    Tcpdump
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/396932http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/396932https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/957https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/958

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2005-1267 (CVSS 5) — The bgp_update_print function in tcpdump 3.x does not properly handle a -1 return value from the decode_prefix…
    CVE-2005-1280 (CVSS 5) — The rsvp_print function in tcpdump 3.9.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (inf…
    CVE-2005-1278 (CVSS 5) — The isis_print function, as called by isoclns_print, in tcpdump 3.9.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to c…
    CVE-2003-1029 (CVSS 5) — The L2TP protocol parser in tcpdump 3.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (in…
    CVE-2004-0057 (CVSS 5) — The rawprint function in the ISAKMP decoding routines (print-isakmp.c) for tcpdump 3.8.1 and earlier allows re…
    CVE-2004-0055 (CVSS 5) — The print_attr_string function in print-radius.c for tcpdump 3.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to caus…
    CVE-2003-0108 (CVSS 5) — isakmp_sub_print in tcpdump 3.6 through 3.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consum…
    CVE-2003-0145 (CVSS 5) — Unknown vulnerability in tcpdump before 3.7.2 related to an inability to "Handle unknown RADIUS attributes pro…
    CVE-2003-0093 (CVSS 5) — The RADIUS decoder in tcpdump 3.6.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) v…
    CVE-2002-0380 (CVSS 7.5) — Buffer overflow in tcpdump 3.6.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly…

    References

    ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.60/SCOSA-2005.60.txt
    http://secunia.com/advisories/15125
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17101
    http://secunia.com/advisories/18146
    http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-850
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-417.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-421.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/396932
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430292/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13389
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9601
    ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.60/SCOSA-2005.60.txt
    http://secunia.com/advisories/15125
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17101
    http://secunia.com/advisories/18146
    http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-850
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-417.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-421.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/396932
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430292/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13389
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9601

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High