CVE-2005-1267

Tcpdump - bgp_update_print Remote Denial of Service

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The bgp_update_print function in tcpdump 3.x does not properly handle a -1 return value from the decode_prefix4 function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted BGP packet.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-04-25 CVE Reserved
2005-06-09 First Exploit
2005-06-10 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (13)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/17118	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13906	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11148	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1037	2005-06-09

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/15634	2018-10-19
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-June/msg00007.html	2018-10-19
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0028	2018-10-19
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=159208	2018-10-19

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-854	2018-10-19
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-505.html	2018-10-19
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430292/100/0/threaded	2018-10-19
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-1267	2005-06-13
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617624	2005-06-13

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Lbl Search vendor "Lbl"		Tcpdump Search vendor "Lbl" for product "Tcpdump"				3.4 Search vendor "Lbl" for product "Tcpdump" and version "3.4"		-		Affected
Lbl Search vendor "Lbl"		Tcpdump Search vendor "Lbl" for product "Tcpdump"				3.4a6 Search vendor "Lbl" for product "Tcpdump" and version "3.4a6"		-		Affected
Lbl Search vendor "Lbl"		Tcpdump Search vendor "Lbl" for product "Tcpdump"				3.5 Search vendor "Lbl" for product "Tcpdump" and version "3.5"		-		Affected
Lbl Search vendor "Lbl"		Tcpdump Search vendor "Lbl" for product "Tcpdump"				3.5.2 Search vendor "Lbl" for product "Tcpdump" and version "3.5.2"		-		Affected
Lbl Search vendor "Lbl"		Tcpdump Search vendor "Lbl" for product "Tcpdump"				3.5_alpha Search vendor "Lbl" for product "Tcpdump" and version "3.5_alpha"		-		Affected
Lbl Search vendor "Lbl"		Tcpdump Search vendor "Lbl" for product "Tcpdump"				3.6.2 Search vendor "Lbl" for product "Tcpdump" and version "3.6.2"		-		Affected
Lbl Search vendor "Lbl"		Tcpdump Search vendor "Lbl" for product "Tcpdump"				3.6.3 Search vendor "Lbl" for product "Tcpdump" and version "3.6.3"		-		Affected
Lbl Search vendor "Lbl"		Tcpdump Search vendor "Lbl" for product "Tcpdump"				3.7 Search vendor "Lbl" for product "Tcpdump" and version "3.7"		-		Affected
Lbl Search vendor "Lbl"		Tcpdump Search vendor "Lbl" for product "Tcpdump"				3.7.1 Search vendor "Lbl" for product "Tcpdump" and version "3.7.1"		-		Affected
Lbl Search vendor "Lbl"		Tcpdump Search vendor "Lbl" for product "Tcpdump"				3.7.2 Search vendor "Lbl" for product "Tcpdump" and version "3.7.2"		-		Affected
Lbl Search vendor "Lbl"		Tcpdump Search vendor "Lbl" for product "Tcpdump"				3.8.1 Search vendor "Lbl" for product "Tcpdump" and version "3.8.1"		-		Affected
Lbl Search vendor "Lbl"		Tcpdump Search vendor "Lbl" for product "Tcpdump"				3.8.2 Search vendor "Lbl" for product "Tcpdump" and version "3.8.2"		-		Affected
Lbl Search vendor "Lbl"		Tcpdump Search vendor "Lbl" for product "Tcpdump"				3.8.3 Search vendor "Lbl" for product "Tcpdump" and version "3.8.3"		-		Affected
Lbl Search vendor "Lbl"		Tcpdump Search vendor "Lbl" for product "Tcpdump"				3.9 Search vendor "Lbl" for product "Tcpdump" and version "3.9"		-		Affected
Lbl Search vendor "Lbl"		Tcpdump Search vendor "Lbl" for product "Tcpdump"				3.9.1 Search vendor "Lbl" for product "Tcpdump" and version "3.9.1"		-		Affected
Gentoo Search vendor "Gentoo"		Linux Search vendor "Gentoo" for product "Linux"				*		-		Affected
Mandrakesoft Search vendor "Mandrakesoft"		Mandrake Linux Search vendor "Mandrakesoft" for product "Mandrake Linux"				10.1 Search vendor "Mandrakesoft" for product "Mandrake Linux" and version "10.1"		-		Affected
Mandrakesoft Search vendor "Mandrakesoft"		Mandrake Linux Search vendor "Mandrakesoft" for product "Mandrake Linux"				10.1 Search vendor "Mandrakesoft" for product "Mandrake Linux" and version "10.1"		x86_64		Affected
Mandrakesoft Search vendor "Mandrakesoft"		Mandrake Linux Search vendor "Mandrakesoft" for product "Mandrake Linux"				10.2 Search vendor "Mandrakesoft" for product "Mandrake Linux" and version "10.2"		-		Affected
Mandrakesoft Search vendor "Mandrakesoft"		Mandrake Linux Search vendor "Mandrakesoft" for product "Mandrake Linux"				10.2 Search vendor "Mandrakesoft" for product "Mandrake Linux" and version "10.2"		x86_64		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Fedora Core Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Fedora Core"				core_3.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Fedora Core" and version "core_3.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Fedora Core Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Fedora Core"				core_4.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Fedora Core" and version "core_4.0"		-		Affected
Trustix Search vendor "Trustix"		Secure Linux Search vendor "Trustix" for product "Secure Linux"				2.0 Search vendor "Trustix" for product "Secure Linux" and version "2.0"		-		Affected
Trustix Search vendor "Trustix"		Secure Linux Search vendor "Trustix" for product "Secure Linux"				2.1 Search vendor "Trustix" for product "Secure Linux" and version "2.1"		-		Affected
Trustix Search vendor "Trustix"		Secure Linux Search vendor "Trustix" for product "Secure Linux"				2.2 Search vendor "Trustix" for product "Secure Linux" and version "2.2"		-		Affected