Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-1279
CVE-2005-1279
Description
tcpdump 3.8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted (1) BGP packet, which is not properly handled by RT_ROUTING_INFO, or (2) LDP packet, which is not properly handled by the ldp_print function.
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Affected products
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References
11- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/396932nvdExploitVendor Advisory
- ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.60/SCOSA-2005.60.txtnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/15125nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/17101nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/18146nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-850nvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-417.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-421.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430292/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/13389nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9601nvd
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