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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-1279 · published 2 May 2005

CVE-2005-1279: Lbl tcpdump vulnerability

Lbl · Tcpdump

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.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 19% · top 2.8%
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
19%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
22References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.60/SCOSA-2005.60.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/15125
http://secunia.com/advisories/17101
http://secunia.com/advisories/18146
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-850
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-417.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-421.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/396932 ExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430292/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13389
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9601
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.60/SCOSA-2005.60.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/15125
http://secunia.com/advisories/17101
http://secunia.com/advisories/18146
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-850
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-417.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-421.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/396932 ExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430292/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13389
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9601

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-1279), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.