CVE-2000-0333

NONE EPSS 93.8%
Published May 31, 199927y ago · Modified Jun 16, 20262w ago
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Published May 31, 1999 27y ago
Last Modified Jun 16, 2026 2w ago

Description

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.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
93.8% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
Patch Available

Affected Products 5

VendorProductVersionRange
ethereal_groupethereal0.8.4any
ethereal_groupethereal0.8.5any
ethereal_groupethereal0.8.6any
lbltcpdump3.4any
lbltcpdump3.5aany

References 2

  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1165
    ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.SOL.4.10.10005021942380.2077-100000%40paranoia.pgci.ca

Remediation