{
    "id": "CVE-2005-1279",
    "published": "2005-05-02 04:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:12:46",
    "cvss_score": "5.0",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
    "cwe": null,
    "description": "tcpdump 3.8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted (1) BGP packet, which is not properly handled by RT_ROUTING_INFO, or (2) LDP packet, which is not properly handled by the ldp_print function.",
    "epss_score": "0.18721",
    "epss_percentile": "0.97183",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-27 18:17:04",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "lbl",
            "product": "tcpdump"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "957",
            "title": "Tcpdump 3.8.x - 'ldp_print' Infinite Loop Denial of Service",
            "date": "2005-04-26",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/957"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "958",
            "title": "Tcpdump 3.8.x - 'rt_routing_info' Infinite Loop Denial of Service",
            "date": "2005-04-26",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/958"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.60/SCOSA-2005.60.txt",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/15125",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/17101",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/18146",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-850",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-417.html",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-421.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/396932",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430292/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13389",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9601",
        "ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.60/SCOSA-2005.60.txt",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/15125",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/17101",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/18146",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-850",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-417.html",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-421.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/396932",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430292/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13389",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9601"
    ]
}