CVE-1999-1024: Undefined Security Weakness

ipprint procedure in Tcpdump 3.4a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a packet with a zero length header, which causes an infinite loop and core dump when tcpdump prints the packet...

CVE-1999-1024

The CVE-1999-1024 entry concerns the ip_print path in tcpdump 3.4a. A packet with a zero-length header can trigger an infinite loop within ip_print, leading to a denial of service and core dump when tcpdump prints the packet. The vulnerability is network-transmissible and has a high impact as per...