CVE-2003-1029

NameCVE-2003-1029
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-425

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
tcpdump (PTS)bullseye4.99.0-2+deb11u1fixed
bookworm4.99.3-1fixed
sid, trixie4.99.5-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
tcpdumpsourcewoody3.6.2-2.7DSA-425
tcpdumpsource(unstable)3.8.3-1

Notes

Upstream version 3.8.3 is fixed; may have been fixed earlier.

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