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Debian DSA-4547-1 : tcpdump - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 130135

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in tcpdump, a command-line network traffic analyzer. These vulnerabilities might result in denial of service or, potentially, execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the tcpdump packages.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 4.9.3-1~deb9u1.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 4.9.3-1~deb10u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/tcpdump

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/tcpdump

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/tcpdump

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4547

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 130135

File Name: debian_DSA-4547.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/22/2019

Updated: 4/17/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-10105

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tcpdump, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/21/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/3/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10103, CVE-2018-10105, CVE-2018-14461, CVE-2018-14462, CVE-2018-14463, CVE-2018-14464, CVE-2018-14465, CVE-2018-14466, CVE-2018-14467, CVE-2018-14468, CVE-2018-14469, CVE-2018-14470, CVE-2018-14879, CVE-2018-14880, CVE-2018-14881, CVE-2018-14882, CVE-2018-16227, CVE-2018-16228, CVE-2018-16229, CVE-2018-16230, CVE-2018-16300, CVE-2018-16451, CVE-2018-16452, CVE-2019-15166

DSA: 4547