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CVE-2003-0093: lbl tcpdump

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2003-0093
Published 01-09-2004Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2003-0093 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in lbl tcpdump. EPSS estimates a 1.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.97%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-261

Timeline

  1. 01-09-2004
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.97%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

80%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.97% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.97%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugzilla.redhat.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • tcpdump< 3.7.1-1
Lbl1 product
  • tcpdump3.4 | 3.4a6 | 3.5 | 3.5.2 | 3.6.2

2 vendors · 2 products

References

8 links