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CVE-1999-1024

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-11-28 · updated 2026-09-25

Description

ip_print procedure in Tcpdump 3.4a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a packet with a zero length header, which causes an infinite loop and core dump when tcpdump prints the packet.

Affected products

• Lbl Tcpdump: 3.4

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=92955903802773&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=92963447601748&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=92989907627051&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/313
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=92955903802773&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=92963447601748&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=92989907627051&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/313

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