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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 9.92% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-01-15 05:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 02:12Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2004-01-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b0783047be5f40c5bf79e3d6783558fe25ae6c3ad879b4e9048d86e257c128df
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com10718http://secunia.com/advisories/10718
- secunia.com10668http://secunia.com/advisories/10668
- marc.info[tcpdump-workers] 20031224 Seg fault of tcpdump (v 3.8.1 and below) with malformed l2tp packetshttp://marc.info/?l=tcpdump-workers&m=107228187124962&w=2
- secunia.com10636http://secunia.com/advisories/10636
- www.securitytracker.com1008748http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1008748
- lwn.netESA-20040119-002http://lwn.net/Alerts/66805/
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2004:008http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:008
- www.securityfocus.com20040119 [ESA-20040119-002] 'tcpdump' multiple vulnerabilities.http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/350238/30/21640/threaded
- www.debian.orgDSA-425http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-425
- secunia.com10652http://secunia.com/advisories/10652
- marc.info20031221 Re: Remote crash in tcpdump from OpenBSDhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107213553214985&w=2
- marc.info20031220 Remote crash in tcpdump from OpenBSDhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107193841728533&w=2
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- tcpdump Fixed in 3.8.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- tcpdump Fixed in 3.8.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- tcpdump Fixed in 3.8.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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