CVE-2004-0057

The rawprint function in the ISAKMP decoding routines (print-isakmp.c) for tcpdump 3.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via malformed ISAKMP packets that cause invalid "len" or "loc" values to be used in a loop, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0989.

Published: 2004-02-17 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0057 is rated Moderate Risk (47/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.27%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0057

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 2026-06-15 26.20% 5.27% -20.93%
2 2025-09-19 25.25% 26.20% +0.95%
3 2025-03-30 25.25%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0057

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-2004-0057

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-0057

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2004-0057 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-2004-0057
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0057

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0057

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
lbl tcpdump <= 3.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:lbl:tcpdump:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0057

URL Tags
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2004-008.0.txt
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2004.9/SCOSA-2004.9.txt
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040103-01-U.asc
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2004/Feb/msg00000.html
http://lwn.net/Alerts/66445/
http://lwn.net/Alerts/66805/
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107577418225627&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=tcpdump-workers&m=107325073018070&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/10636
http://secunia.com/advisories/10639
http://secunia.com/advisories/10644
http://secunia.com/advisories/10652
http://secunia.com/advisories/10668
http://secunia.com/advisories/10718
http://secunia.com/advisories/11022
http://secunia.com/advisories/11032/
http://secunia.com/advisories/12179/
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-425 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/174086 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:008
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2004-March/msg00006.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2004-March/msg00009.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2004-March/msg00015.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-list/2004-January/msg00726.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-007.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-008.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/350238/30/21640/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9423 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1008716
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14837
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11197
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A851
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A854
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