CVE-2005-1267

Summary

CVECVE-2005-1267
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-06-10 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-19 15:31:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Gentoo Linux All All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux All All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.4 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.4a6 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.5 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.5.2 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.5_alpha All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.6.2 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.6.3 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.7 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.7.1 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.7.2 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.8.1 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.8.2 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.8.3 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.9 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.9.1 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.4 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.4a6 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.5 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.5.2 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.5_alpha All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.6.2 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.6.3 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.7 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.7.1 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.7.2 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.8.1 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.8.2 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.8.3 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.9 All All All
Application Lbl Tcpdump 3.9.1 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 10.1 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 10.1 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 10.2 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 10.2 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 10.1 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 10.1 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 10.2 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 10.2 All x86_64 All
Operating System Redhat Fedora Core core_3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Fedora Core core_4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Fedora Core core_3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Fedora Core core_4.0 All All All
Operating System Trustix Secure Linux 2.0 All All All
Operating System Trustix Secure Linux 2.1 All All All
Operating System Trustix Secure Linux 2.2 All All All
Operating System Trustix Secure Linux 2.0 All All All
Operating System Trustix Secure Linux 2.1 All All All
Operating System Trustix Secure Linux 2.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora Core 3 Update: tcpdump-3.8.2-9.FC3 FEDORA www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - tcpdump BGP Denial of Service Vulnerability SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus FEDORA www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-854-1 tcpdump DEBIAN www.debian.org
2005-0028 TRUSTIX www.trustix.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for tcpdump SECUNIA secunia.com
159208 – CAN-2005-1267 tcpdump BGP DoS MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
tcpdump BGP Decoding Routines Denial Of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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