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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 31, 1999· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2000-0333

CVE-2000-0333

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.

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Affected products

7
  • Ethereal Group/Ethereal4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ethereal_group:ethereal:0.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)
  • Lbl/Tcpdump2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:lbl:tcpdump:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:lbl:tcpdump:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:lbl:tcpdump:3.5a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Tcpdump/Tcpdumpllm-fuzzy

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