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Debian DSA-850-1 : tcpdump - infinite loop

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19958

Synopsis

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

Description

'Vade 79' discovered that the BGP dissector in tcpdump, a powerful tool for network monitoring and data acquisition, does not properly handle RT_ROUTING_INFO. A specially crafted BGP packet can cause a denial of service via an infinite loop.

Solution

Upgrade the tcpdump package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.6.2-2.9.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 3.8.3-4.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-850

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19958

File Name: debian_DSA-850.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/11/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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:debian:debian_linux:tcpdump, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/9/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/26/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1279

DSA: 850