Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2003-0093 (CCN-11324)

Assigned:2003-01-10
Published:2003-01-10
Updated:2017-10-10
Summary:The RADIUS decoder in tcpdump 3.6.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid RADIUS packet with a header length field of 0, which causes tcpdump to generate data within an infinite loop.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-Other
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2003-0093

Source: CCN
Type: RHSA-2003-032
Updated tcpdump packages fix various vulnerabilities

Source: CCN
Type: RHSA-2003-033
tcpdump security update

Source: CCN
Type: RHSA-2003-214
Updated tcpdump packages fix various vulnerabilities

Source: DEBIAN
Type: UNKNOWN
DSA-261

Source: DEBIAN
Type: DSA-261
tcpdump -- infinite loop

Source: MANDRAKE
Type: UNKNOWN
MDKSA-2003:027

Source: REDHAT
Type: UNKNOWN
RHSA-2003:032

Source: REDHAT
Type: UNKNOWN
RHSA-2003:033

Source: REDHAT
Type: UNKNOWN
RHSA-2003:214

Source: CCN
Type: BID-7090
TCPDump Malformed RADIUS Packet Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 81585
tcpdump can crash a machine when it sees certain udp packets

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=81585

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
tcpdump-radius-decoder-dos(11324)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
tcpdump-radius-decoder-dos(11324)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:lbl:tcpdump:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:lbl:tcpdump:3.4a6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:lbl:tcpdump:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:lbl:tcpdump:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:lbl:tcpdump:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.debian:def:261
    V
    infinite loop
    2003-03-14
    BACK
    lbl tcpdump 3.4
    lbl tcpdump 3.4a6
    lbl tcpdump 3.5
    lbl tcpdump 3.5.2
    lbl tcpdump 3.6.2