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Overview
Vulnerability Score	7.5
CVE Id	CVE-1999-1024
Last Modified	05 Sep 2008 04:18:32
Published	28 Nov 2001 12:00:00
Confidentiality Impact	PARTIAL
Integrity Impact	PARTIAL
Availability Impact	PARTIAL
Access Vector	NETWORK
Access Complexity	LOW
Authentication	NONE

CVE-1999-1024

Summary

ip_print 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.