CVE-2004-0055

Summary

CVECVE-2004-0055
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-02-17 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-11 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe print_attr_string function in print-radius.c for tcpdump 3.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a RADIUS attribute with a large length value.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.5.2 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.6.2 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.7 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.7.1 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.5.2 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.6.2 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.7 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.7.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
tcpdump RADIUS print_attr_string() Parameter Overflow Lets Remote Users Crash the Process - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Secunia - Advisories - UnixWare update for tcpdump SECUNIA secunia.com
LWN: Trustix alert 2004-0004 (tcpdump) TRUSTIX lwn.net
redhat.com | Red Hat, Inc. FEDORA www.redhat.com
CSSA-2004-008.0 CALDERA ftp.sco.com
Home - Conectiva CONECTIVA distro.conectiva.com.br
'[FLSA-2004:1222] Updated tcpdump resolves security vulnerabilites (resend with correct paths)' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
'[tcpdump-workers] multiple vulnerabilities in tcpdump 3.8.1' - MARC MLIST marc.info
redhat.com | Red Hat, Inc. FEDORA www.redhat.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
20040103-01-U SGI patches.sgi.com
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for tcpdump SECUNIA secunia.com
APPLE-SA-2004-02-23 Security Update 2004-02-23 APPLE lists.apple.com
Secunia - Advisories - tcpdump ISAKMP and RADIUS Packet Handling Vulnerabilities SECUNIA secunia.com
redhat.com | Red Hat, Inc. FEDORA www.redhat.com
redhat.com | Red Hat, Inc. MLIST www.redhat.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
SCOSA-2004.9 SCO ftp.sco.com
TCPDump Malformed RADIUS Packet Denial Of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - OpenLinux update for tcpdump SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Mandrake update for tcpdump SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Fedora update for tcpdump SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Trustix update for tcpdump SECUNIA secunia.com
Mandriva Security Advisories MANDRAKE www.mandriva.com
20040202-01-U SGI patches.sgi.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#955526 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-425-1 tcpdump DEBIAN www.debian.org
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for tcpdump SECUNIA secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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