CVE-2003-1029 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in tcpdump versions 3.8.1 and earlier, specifically within its L2TP protocol parser. An attacker can exploit this by sending a specially crafted L2TP packet with invalid data to UDP port 1701, leading to an infinite loop and memory exhaustion. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited remotely with low complexity and no authentication, resulting in a denial of service. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the CISA KEV catalog, public exploit code exists, and it has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 93/100, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lbl:tcpdump:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lbl:tcpdump:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lbl:tcpdump:3.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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