CVE-2004-0057 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 15 Jan 2004 Updated 8 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in tcpdump via malformed ISAKMP packets that trigger a segmentation fault.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2004-0057?

CVE-2004-0057 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Jan 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The rawprint function in the ISAKMP decoding routines (print-isakmp.c) for tcpdump 3.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via malformed ISAKMP packets that cause invalid "len" or "loc" values to be used in a loop, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0989.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0057?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Lbl Tcpdump.

How do I fix CVE-2004-0057?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2004-0057 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0057 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0057, GHSA-fmg4-pw8h-q4xp.