CVE-2005-1267

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 13.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-06-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The bgp_update_print function in tcpdump 3.x does not properly handle a -1 return value from the decode_prefix4 function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted BGP packet.

Affected products

gentoo Linux: all versions
Lbl Tcpdump: 3.4, 3.4a6, 3.5, 3.5.2, 3.5_alpha, 3.6.2 (+9)
Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux: 10.1, 10.2
RedHat Fedora Core: core_3.0, core_4.0
Trustix Secure Linux: 2.0, 2.1, 2.2

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/15634/
http://secunia.com/advisories/17118
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-854
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-June/msg00007.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-505.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430292/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13906
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0028/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=159208
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11148
http://secunia.com/advisories/15634/
http://secunia.com/advisories/17118

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