CVE-2003-1029

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions tcpdump versions 3.8.1 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an infinite loop and memory consumption. This occurs when a packet with invalid data is sent to UDP port 1701, causing the l2tp avp print function to use a bad length value when calling print octets.

Recommendations For versions 3.8.1 and earlier, update to a version later than 3.8.1 to resolve the issue.