CVE-2003-0093

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2003-03-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The RADIUS decoder in tcpdump 3.6.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid RADIUS packet with a header length field of 0, which causes tcpdump to generate data within an infinite loop.

Affected products

Lbl Tcpdump: 3.4, 3.4a6, 3.5, 3.5.2, 3.6.2

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-261
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:027
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-032.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-033.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-214.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=81585
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11324
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-261
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:027
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-032.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-033.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-214.html

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