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GLSA-200401-02 : Honeyd remote detection vulnerability via a probe packet

low Nessus Plugin ID 14442

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200401-02 (Honeyd remote detection vulnerability via a probe packet)

 A bug in handling NMAP fingerprints caused Honeyd to reply to TCP packets with both the SYN and RST flags set. Watching for replies, it is possible to detect IP addresses simulated by Honeyd.
 Impact :

 Although there are no public exploits known for Honeyd, the detection of Honeyd IP addresses may in some cases be undesirable.
 Workaround :

 Honeyd 0.8 has been released along with an advisory to address this issue. In addition, Honeyd 0.8 drops privileges if permitted by the configuration file and contains command line flags to force dropping of privileges.

Solution

All users are recommended to update to honeyd version 0.8:
 $> emerge sync $> emerge -pv '>=net-analyzer/honeyd-0.8' $> emerge '>=net-analyzer/honeyd-0.8'

See Also

http://www.honeyd.org/adv.2004-01.asc

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200401-02

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 14442

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200401-02.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Published: 8/30/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:honeyd, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/21/2004

Reference Information

GLSA: 200401-02