CVE-2004-0183

Description

TCPDUMP 3.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via ISAKMP packets containing a Delete payload with a large number of SPI's, which causes an out-of-bounds read, as demonstrated by the Striker ISAKMP Protocol Test Suite.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 29.13% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory trustix.org Vendor Advisory fedora.us
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/240790 third party advisory us government resource
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9971 vdb entry signature broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-219.html vendor advisory broken link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1009593 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-478 broken link patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/11258 third party advisory broken link
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0015 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/11320 third party advisory broken link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15680 vdb entry broken link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A972 vdb entry signature broken link
http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0017.html broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10003 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1468 issue tracking broken link vendor advisory
http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txt release notes
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108067265931525&w=2 third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2004-0183?
CVE-2004-0183 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2004-0183?
To fix CVE-2004-0183, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2004-0183 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2004-0183 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~29% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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