15904 : tcpdump Malformed RSVP Packet Remote DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2005-04-26

Description

tcpdump contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when a specially-crafted RSVP packet causes tcpdump to enter an infinite loop and stop responding. This will result in loss of availability for the service.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Public

Solution

Currently, there are no known upgrades, patches, or workarounds available to correct this issue.

Products

LBL	tcpdump	3.8.x
		3.9.x

References

Security Tracker: 1013948
Secunia Advisory ID: 15144 15174 15309 15646 16050 18146 35555
Related OSVDB ID: 15856
CVE ID: 2005-1280 (see also: NVD)
ISS X-Force ID: 20291
Milw0rm: 956
Exploit Database: 956
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-002.txt.asc http://archives.mandrivalinux.com/security-announce/2005-05/msg00008.php
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-417.html
http://www.ipcop.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=21&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
Other Advisory URL: ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.60/SCOSA-2005.60.txt http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2005-Jul/0004.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200505-06.xml
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-119-1
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-04/0449.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-04/0481.html
Generic Exploit URL: http://fakehalo.us/xtcpdump+ethr-rsvp-dos.c
Vendor URL: http://www.ethereal.com/
http://www.tcpdump.org/

Tools & Filters

	18238 18239 18276 19657 20507

Credit

Vade79 - v9realhalo.org -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-05-10 | Disagree?

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