Debian DSA-1443-1 : tcpreen - buffer overflows

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Synopsis :

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

Description :

It was discovered that several buffer overflows in tcpreen, a tool for
monitoring a TCP connection, may lead to denial of service.

See also :

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1443

Solution :

Upgrade the tcpreen package.

The old stable distribution (sarge) doesn't contain tcpreen.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.4.3-0.1etch1.

Risk factor :

Medium / CVSS Base Score : 5.0
(CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Nessus Plugin ID: 29837 (debian_DSA-1443.nasl)

Bugtraq ID:

CVE ID: CVE-2007-6562