CVE-2003-1029

N/A Unknown
Published: February 17, 2004 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

The L2TP protocol parser in tcpdump 3.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and memory consumption) via a packet with invalid data to UDP port 1701, which causes l2tp_avp_print to use a bad length value when calling print_octets.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lwn.net/Alerts/66805/
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107193841728533&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107213553214985&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=tcpdump-workers&m=107228187124962&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/10636
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/10652
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/10668
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/10718
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-425
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:008
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/350238/30/21640/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1008748
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lwn.net/Alerts/66805/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107193841728533&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107213553214985&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=tcpdump-workers&m=107228187124962&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/10636
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/10652
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/10668
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/10718
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-425
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:008
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/350238/30/21640/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1008748
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

24 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
21.4%
96th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

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