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title: "CVE-2004-0183\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2004-0183

Publication date 4 May 2004

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

TCPDUMP 3.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (crash) via ISAKMP packets containing a Delete payload with a large
number of SPI's, which causes an out-of-bounds read, as demonstrated by the
Striker ISAKMP Protocol Test Suite.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| tcpdump | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 3.9.5-2ubuntu1 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 3.9.4-4ubuntu0.2 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 3.9.4-2ubuntu0.2 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0183)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0183)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2004-0183)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0183)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0183>