CVE-1999-1024 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 7.9% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:lbl:tcpdump:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1005	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.07863.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Lbl Tcpdump

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T16:55:29.468Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1024

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-11-28T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1024

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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