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tcpdump Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA8175
Release Date: 2003-02-28
Popularity: 7,752 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:tcpdump 3.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
tcpdump has been found vulnerable to a Denial of Service vulnerability. It is possible to cause tcpdump to enter an infinite loop by sending a maliciously crafted ISAKMP packet (port 500/udp).

As tcpdump is used to sniff for traffic, this vulnerability could be used by a malicious person, to make it impossible for the system administrator to monitor the traffic.

This has been confirmed in versions 3.6, 3.6.3 and 3.7.1 using libpcap .6 and .7

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