CVE-2003-0145

Unknown vulnerability in tcpdump before 3.7.2 related to an inability to "Handle unknown RADIUS attributes properly," allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop), a different vulnerability than CAN-2003-0093.

Published: 2003-03-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2003-0145 is rated Moderate Risk (46.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.27%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0145

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 1.65% 1.27% -0.38%
2 2025-03-29 1.27% 1.65% +0.38%
3 2025-03-17 1.27%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0145

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0145

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0145

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2003-0145 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (tcpdump), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0145
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0145

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0145

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
lbl tcpdump 3.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:lbl:tcpdump:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lbl tcpdump 3.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:lbl:tcpdump:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lbl tcpdump 3.7 cpe:2.3:a:lbl:tcpdump:3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lbl tcpdump 3.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:lbl:tcpdump:3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0145

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