CVE-2000-0333 | BDVDB-2026-1126 Detail

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

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

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12000-05-18Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-08Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.