FreeBSD : tcpdump -- infinite loops in protocol decoding (9fae0f1f-df82-11d9-b875-0001020eed82)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19052

Synopsis

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

Description

Problem Description Several tcpdump protocol decoders contain programming errors which can cause them to go into infinite loops.
Impact An attacker can inject specially crafted packets into the network which, when processed by tcpdump, could lead to a denial-of-service. After the attack, tcpdump would no longer capture traffic, and would potentially use all available processor time.

Solution

Update the affected package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19052

File Name: freebsd_pkg_9fae0f1fdf8211d9b8750001020eed82.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tcpdump, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 6/18/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1267, CVE-2005-1278, CVE-2005-1279, CVE-2005-1280

FreeBSD: SA-05:10.tcpdump

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