CVE-2003-0108 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting tcpdump versions 3.6 through 3.7.1. A remote attacker can exploit this by sending a specially crafted ISAKMP packet to UDP port 500, causing tcpdump to enter an infinite loop and consume excessive CPU resources. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the KEV catalog, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, and it has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 90/100. There is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lbl:tcpdump:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lbl:tcpdump:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lbl:tcpdump:3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lbl:tcpdump:3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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