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 properly handled by RT_ROUTING_INFO, or (2) LDP packet, which is not properly handled by the ldp_print function.

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• What do statuses mean?

References

• MITRE
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

• USN-119-1
• tcpdump vulnerabilities
• 6 May 2005

Other references

• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-1279