CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-1267

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2005-06-10 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-06-10
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

The bgp_update_print function in tcpdump 3.x does not properly handle a -1 return value from the decode_prefix4 function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted BGP packet.

Affected configurations

• lbl tcpdump 3.4 • lbl tcpdump 3.4a6 • lbl tcpdump 3.5 • lbl tcpdump 3.5.2 • lbl tcpdump 3.5 alpha • lbl tcpdump 3.6.2 • lbl tcpdump 3.6.3 • lbl tcpdump 3.7 • lbl tcpdump 3.7.1 • lbl tcpdump 3.7.2 • lbl tcpdump 3.8.1 • lbl tcpdump 3.8.2 • lbl tcpdump 3.8.3 • lbl tcpdump 3.9 • lbl tcpdump 3.9.1 • gentoo linux • mandrakesoft mandrake linux 10.1 • mandrakesoft mandrake linux 10.2 • redhat fedora core core 3.0 • redhat fedora core core 4.0 • trustix secure linux 2.0 • trustix secure linux 2.1 • trustix secure linux 2.2

Related

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-394 Unexpected Status Code or Return Value weakness

References