CVE-2003-0989

HIGH 7.5CVE-2003-0989 · Published 17/02/2004 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2003-0989 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting tcpdump (redhat).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 5.3%, higher than 92.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
tcpdump redhat	`≤ 3.8.0`	No fix yet

Description

tcpdump before 3.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via certain ISAKMP packets, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0057.

References

ftp.sco.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2004-008.0.txt
ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2004.9/SCOSA-2004.9.txt
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040103-01-U.asc
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2004/Feb/msg00000.html
lwn.net/Alerts/66445
lwn.net/Alerts/66805
marc.info
secunia.com/advisories/10636
secunia.com/advisories/10637
secunia.com/advisories/10639
secunia.com/advisories/10644
secunia.com/advisories/10652
secunia.com/advisories/10668
secunia.com/advisories/10718
secunia.com/advisories/11022
secunia.com/advisories/11032
secunia.com/advisories/12179
debian.org/security/2004/dsa-425 · Patch
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/738518 · Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com/security/advisories
redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2004-March/msg00006.html
redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2004-March/msg00009.html
redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2004-March/msg00015.html
redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-list/2004-January/msg00726.html
redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-007.html · Patch
redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-008.html
securityfocus.com/archive/1/350238/30/21640/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/9507
securitytracker.com/id
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10599
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A847
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A852

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