CVE-2000-0333 PUBLISHED CVSS 5 MEDIUM

tcpdump, Ethereal, and other sniffer packages allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed DNS packets in which a jump offset refers to itself, which causes tcpdump to enter an infinite loop while decompressing the packet.

EPSS 6.88% · 91.3th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS v2.0
5
EPSS Score
6.88%
91.3th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
ethereal_groupethereal0.8.4, 0.8.5, 0.8.6
n/an/an/a
lbltcpdump3.4, 3.5a

Timeline

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