CVE DATABASE / CVE-2004-0183
CVE-2004-0183
CVSS 5 · MEDIUM
Summary
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.
CVSS 2.0 breakdown
| Base score | 5 (MEDIUM) |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Attack vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity | NONE |
| Availability | PARTIAL |
Weakness type (CWE)
Affected products
Tcpdump tcpdump
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References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108067265931525&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11258
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11320
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1009593
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-478
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/240790
- http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0017.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-219.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10003
- http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txt
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0015
- https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1468
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15680
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A972
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9971
Data: NIST NVD. NVD last modified 2026-04-16. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.