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CVE-2003-0093
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…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.0%
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- Updated
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 20% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- DSA-261 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:033 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDKSA-2003:027 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=81585 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:214 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- tcpdump-radius-decoder-dos(11324) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:032 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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