Is CVE-2003-1029 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2003-1029 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2003-1029?

CVE-2003-1029 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2003-1029?

CVE-2003-1029 has an EPSS score of 9.92% (95th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2003-1029?

Upgrade tcpdump on debian 11 to 3.8.3-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2003-1029

MEDIUMEPSS 95th pctl

5.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The L2TP protocol parser in tcpdump 3.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and memory consumption) via a packet with invalid data to UDP port 1701, which causes l2tp_avp_print to use a bad length value when calling print_octets.

How to fix

Remediation Available

tcpdumpDebian

Fixed in:3.8.3-1CVE-2003-1029

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

9.92%probability of exploitation in 30 days

95thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

debian.org

Other references11

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