CVE-2005-1279: Lbl Tcpdump

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 18.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Lbl Tcpdump: up to and including 3.8.3

Published 2005-05-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.