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Debian DSA-206-1 : tcpdump - denial of service

high Nessus Plugin ID 15043

Synopsis

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

Description

The BGP decoding routines for tcpdump used incorrect bounds checking when copying data. This could be abused by introducing malicious traffic on a sniffed network for a denial of service attack against tcpdump, or possibly even remote code execution.

Solution

This has been fixed in version 3.6.2-2.2.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-206

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15043

File Name: debian_DSA-206.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tcpdump, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/10/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-1350

BID: 6213

DSA: 206