CVE-2005-1267 Information

Description

The bgp_update_print function in tcpdump 3.x does not properly handle a -1 return value from the decode_prefix4 function which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted BGP packet.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/15634/ http://secunia.com/advisories/17118 http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-854 http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-June/msg00007.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-505.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430292/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13906 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0028/ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=159208 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A11148