SuSE-SA:2004:002: tcpdump

medium Nessus Plugin ID 13821

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SuSE-SA:2004:002 (tcpdump).

Tcpdump is a well known tool for administrators to analyze network traffic.
There is a bug in the tcpdump code responsible for handling ISAKMP messages. This bug allows remote attackers to destroy a current tcpdump session by tricking the tcpdump program with evil ISAKMP messages to enter an endless loop.

Please download the update package for your distribution and verify its integrity by the methods listed in section 3) of this announcement.
Then, install the package using the command 'rpm -Fhv file.rpm' to apply the update.

Solution

http://www.suse.de/security/2004_02_tcpdump.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 13821

File Name: suse_SA_2004_002.nasl

Version: 1.11

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/25/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Detections

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