CVE-2004-0055

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-0055
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-02-17 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - Trustix update for tcpdump af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - OpenLinux update for tcpdump af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
'[FLSA-2004:1222] Updated tcpdump resolves security vulnerabilites (resend with correct paths)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Secunia - Advisories - Fedora update for tcpdump af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
redhat.com | Red Hat, Inc. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Secunia - Advisories - tcpdump ISAKMP and RADIUS Packet Handling Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for tcpdump af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for tcpdump af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Mandrake update for tcpdump af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-425-1 tcpdump af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
APPLE-SA-2004-02-23 Security Update 2004-02-23 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Secunia - Advisories - UnixWare update for tcpdump af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Mandriva Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#955526 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
TCPDump Malformed RADIUS Packet Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
redhat.com | Red Hat, Inc. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
redhat.com | Red Hat, Inc. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
tcpdump RADIUS print_attr_string() Parameter Overflow Lets Remote Users Crash the Process - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
LWN: Trustix alert 2004-0004 (tcpdump) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lwn.net
ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2004.9/SCOSA-2004.9.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.sco.com
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040103-01-U.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
ftp.sco.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2004-008.0.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.sco.com
'[tcpdump-workers] multiple vulnerabilities in tcpdump 3.8.1' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
redhat.com | Red Hat, Inc. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
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