Debian DSA-425-1 : tcpdump - multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 15262

Synopsis

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

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in tcpdump, a tool for inspecting network traffic. If a vulnerable version of tcpdump attempted to examine a maliciously constructed packet, a number of buffer overflows could be exploited to crash tcpdump, or potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the tcpdump process.

- CAN-2003-1029 - infinite loop and memory consumption in processing L2TP packets
- CAN-2003-0989, CAN-2004-0057 - infinite loops in processing ISAKMP packets

- CAN-2004-0055 - segmentation fault caused by a RADIUS attribute with a large length value

Solution

For the current stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 3.6.2-2.7.


We recommend that you update your tcpdump package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-425

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15262

File Name: debian_DSA-425.nasl

Version: 1.29

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tcpdump, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/16/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0989, CVE-2003-1029, CVE-2004-0055, CVE-2004-0057

BID: 9263, 9507

CERT: 174086, 738518, 955526

DSA: 425