Buffer overflow in tcpdump 3.6.2 and previous versions allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via an NFS packet.
Andrew Griffiths and iDEFENSE Labs discovered a problem in tcpdump, a
powerful tool for network monitoring and data acquisition An
attacker is able to send a specially crafted network packet which
causes tcpdump to enter an infinite loop
In addition to the above problem the tcpdump developers discovered a
potential infinite loop when parsing malf ...