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Debian DSA-1272-1 : tcpdump - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 24881

Synopsis

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

Description

Moritz Jodeit discovered an off-by-one buffer overflow in tcpdump, a powerful tool for network monitoring and data acquisition, which allows denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the tcpdump package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 3.8.3-5sarge2.

For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 3.9.5-2.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1272

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 24881

File Name: debian_DSA-1272.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/26/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tcpdump, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/22/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1218

CWE: 119, 189

DSA: 1272