RHEL 4 : tcpdump (RHSA-2005:417)

high Nessus Plugin ID 18238

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for tcpdump.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2005:417 advisory.

Tcpdump is a command-line tool for monitoring network traffic.

Several denial of service bugs were found in the way tcpdump processes certain network packets. It is possible for an attacker to inject a carefully crafted packet onto the network, crashing a running tcpdump session. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CAN-2005-1278, CAN-2005-1279, and CAN-2005-1280 to these issues.

The tcpdump utility can now write a file larger than 2 GB.

Users of tcpdump are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain backported security patches and are not vulnerable to these issues.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL tcpdump package based on the guidance in RHSA-2005:417.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18238

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-417.nasl

Version: 1.29

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/11/2005

Updated: 11/4/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2005-1280

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2005-1279

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:arpwatch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpcap, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tcpdump

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/11/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1278, CVE-2005-1279, CVE-2005-1280

BID: 13380, 13389, 13390, 13392

RHSA: 2005:417

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