CVE-2005-1267
EPSS 11.3%tcpdump - infinite loop
Published: 6/10/2005Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1267
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 packages (2)
- Debian/tcpdumpfrom 0, < 3.9.0.cvs.20050614-1
- Debian/tcpdumpfrom 0, < 3.8.3-5sarge1