CVE-2005-1279
tcpdump 3.8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted (1) BGP packet, which is not…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 18.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
tcpdump 3.8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted (1) BGP packet, which is not properly handled by RT_ROUTING_INFO, or (2) LDP packet, which is not properly handled by the ldp_print function.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
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Exploit-DB2 entries
- Tcpdump 3.8.x - 'ldp_print' Infinite Loop Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 957dos, linuxpublished 26 Apr 2005Verified
- Tcpdump 3.8.x - 'rt_routing_info' Infinite Loop Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 958dos, linuxpublished 26 Apr 2005Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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By redhat
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 18.7% · top 2.7% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- 15125 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17101 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:421 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9601 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20050426 tcpdump[v3.8.x/v3.9.1]: ISIS, BGP, and LDP infinite loop DOS exploits. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-850 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:417 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FLSA:156139 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 18146 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 13389 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-1282 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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