CVE-2003-0093 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in tcpdump versions 3.6.2 and earlier, specifically within its RADIUS decoder. An attacker can crash tcpdump by sending a malformed RADIUS packet with a header length of zero, leading to an infinite loop. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit or Nuclei, though it has garnered a moderate level of community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lbl:tcpdump:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.4a6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lbl:tcpdump:3.4a6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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