Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 3, 2003· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2003-0093
CVE-2003-0093
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.
AI Insight
LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.
Affected products
6Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdExploitVendor Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-261nvd
- www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-032.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-033.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-214.htmlnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11324nvd
News mentions
0No linked articles in our index yet.