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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2003.0174 -- Debian Security Advisory DSA 261-1
New tcpdump packages fix denial of service vulnerability
17 March 2003
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: tcpdump
Vendor: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0
Linux
UNIX
Impact: Denial of Service
Access Required: Remote
Comment: CVE Id: CAN-2003-0093
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 261-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
March 14th, 2003 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : tcpdump
Vulnerability : infinite loop
Problem-Type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id : CAN-2003-0093
A problem has been discovered in tcpdump, a powerful tool for network
monitoring and data acquisition. An attacker is able to send a
specially crafted RADIUS network packet which causes tcpdump to enter
an infinite loop.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been
fixed in version 3.6.2-2.4.
The old stable distribution (potato) does not seem to be affected
by this problem.
The unstable distribution (sid) is not affected by this problem anymore.
We recommend that you upgrade your tcpdump package.
Upgrade Instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.6.2-2.4.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 587 22e458b4495fc067a2bf9d90a67287e1
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.6.2-2.4.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 11124 88ff9765d341f1af10f92e3ea3cda244
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.6.2.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 380635 6bc8da35f9eed4e675bfdf04ce312248
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.6.2-2.4_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 213734 81ff64e9d313bca103f6608b1d545078
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.6.2-2.4_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 179746 6b18bb14dd88c3d1d4e8798b0a310d31
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.6.2-2.4_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 169580 ff9e64004901cb5b00bf0cb213451e76
Intel IA-64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.6.2-2.4_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 246924 d9fe0747e449c2b589b4cb3c832c1a97
HP Precision architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.6.2-2.4_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 193134 5abb11bd6ea2cd15c3fb3281d9ab6424
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.6.2-2.4_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 157590 81d3584524762e3362995ae758c730ac
Big endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.6.2-2.4_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 188894 c49f7abc550ef4a86ff24a80be376515
Little endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.6.2-2.4_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 193268 961b6b8d7e70ae97722759b8049445b1
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.6.2-2.4_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 176932 ad0506235a5ce9c5be7aa52453a037bf
IBM S/390 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.6.2-2.4_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 174438 adb1b8f55cfbe0ea4c575c119f72ca41
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.6.2-2.4_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 179334 a25c169a27505382818a51c55e33982d
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next revision.
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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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