CVE-2003-0093 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (The RADIUS decoder in tcpdump 3.6.2 and earlier allows remot)
The RADIUS decoder in tcpdump 3.6.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid RADIUS packet with a header length field of 0, which causes tcpdump to generate data within an infinite loop.
| CVE ID | CVE-2003-0093 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 5.0 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2003-03-03 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | The RADIUS decoder in tcpdump 3.6.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid RADIUS packet with a header length field of 0, which causes tcpdump to generate data within an infinite loop. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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