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CVE-2004-0055

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0055 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in tcpdump versions 3.8.1 and earlier, specifically within the print_attr_string function. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a segmentation fault by sending a RADIUS attribute with an excessively large length value. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, as it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to a denial of service without impacting confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0363 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: tcpdump-14:3.6.2-12.2.1AS.5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: tcpdump-14:3.7.2-7.E3.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-0055Moderate

security flaw

Jan 4, 2004

References

ftp.sco.com / pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2004-008.0.txt
ftp.sco.com / pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2004.9/SCOSA-2004.9.txt
patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20040103-01-U.asc
patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc
distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2004/Feb/msg00000.html
lwn.net / Alerts/66445
marc.info
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/10636
secunia.com / advisories/10639
secunia.com / advisories/10644
secunia.com / advisories/10652
secunia.com / advisories/10718
secunia.com / advisories/11022
secunia.com / advisories/11032
secunia.com / advisories/12179
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A850
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A853
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9989
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-425
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/955526
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / archives/fedora-announce-list/2004-March/msg00006.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-announce-list/2004-March/msg00009.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-announce-list/2004-March/msg00015.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-legacy-list/2004-January/msg00726.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-008.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/7090
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id