CVE-2003-0093 (GCVE-0-2003-0093)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-09-01 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:43
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Summary
The RADIUS decoder in tcpdump 3.6.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid RADIUS packet with a header length field of 0, which causes tcpdump to generate data within an infinite loop.
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CWE
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Date Public ?
2003-02-12 00:00
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