PT-1999-1870 · Tcpdump+1 · Tcpdump+1

Published 1999-05-31 · Updated 2008-09-10 · CVE-2000-0333

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: tcpdump (affected versions not specified) Ethereal (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed DNS packets. Specifically, when a jump offset refers to itself in a DNS packet, it causes the sniffer packages to enter an infinite loop while decompressing the packet.

Recommendations: For tcpdump, consider disabling the DNS packet decompression feature until a patch is available. For Ethereal, restrict access to the DNS packet analysis module to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0333

Affected Products

Ethereal

Tcpdump

References · 6

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=[e-mail] · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/19891 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/19892 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/1165 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0333 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.SOL.4.10.10005021942380.2077-100000%40paranoia.pgci.ca · Note