CVE-2000-0333

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…

published May 18, 2000

CVSS
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EPSS
8%
Percentile
94.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.07576 · 94.5th percentile
Published
2000-05-18T04:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 MAY 04:00Z
    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…
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