SUSE-SR:2005:017:vuln1: tcpdump remote denial of service attack
5
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
07/13/2005
07/25/2018
12/13/2005
11/18/2015
Description
tcpdump 3.8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted (1) BGP packet, which is not properly handled by RT_ROUTING_INFO, or (2) LDP packet, which is not properly handled by the ldp_print function.
Solution(s)
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