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CVE-2003-10291 exploit

The L2TP protocol parser in tcpdump 3.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and memory consum…

Published 22 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
9.9%
percentile 96%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

9.92% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-23452 Tcpdump 3.x - L2TP Parser Remote Denial of Service · dos · 2003-12-20

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

  • secunia.com /advisories/10718 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/10668 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=tcpdump-workers&m=107228187124962&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/10636 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id?1008748 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • lwn.net /Alerts/66805/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_ENGARDE, x_transferred
  • mandriva.com /security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:008 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRAKE, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/350238/30/21640/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2004/dsa-425 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/10652 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=107213553214985&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=107193841728533&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred

Sources

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