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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2007.0193 -- [UNIX/Linux][Debian] New tcpdump packages fix denial of service 23 March 2007 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: tcpdump Publisher: Debian Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Impact: Denial of Service Access: Remote/Unauthenticated CVE Names: CVE-2007-1218 Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1272 Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators running tcpdump check for an updated version of the software for their operating system. - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 1272-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff March 22nd, 2007 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : tcpdump Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2007-1218 Moritz Jodeit discovered an off-by-one buffer overflow in tcpdump, a powerful tool for network monitoring and data acquisition, which allows denial of service. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 3.8.3-5sarge2. For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 3.9.5-2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.9.5-2. We recommend that you upgrade your tcpdump package. Upgrade Instructions - - -------------------- 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 3.1 alias sarge - - -------------------------------- Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge2.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 666 90787f78143213411a3d82cebfbca271 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge2.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 11825 e7127eec3ec3a93e26bdb26b6665be85 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 567116 30645001f4b97019677cad88d3811904 Alpha architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge2_alpha.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 300608 d1adf87dd2d3f9f6f237e01197e7dd19 AMD64 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge2_amd64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 256526 c4ddd7019f02181e76b23343f0814896 ARM architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge2_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 250608 3e8cc35bef4826ed4e49738fcbcee1cb HP Precision architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge2_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 271650 e05fa598432be127c796d265c09d31c4 Intel IA-32 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge2_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 238766 c6f34cfc4ae54d9014fb04170bfc5ff0 Intel IA-64 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge2_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 352574 9051cb601e4c9af4b86f12d6277b902f Motorola 680x0 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge2_m68k.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 216828 5480eb68317d9d0094f5a8f57fdd88b3 Big endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge2_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 259444 c5aa363816907aa5a12518335b4a603f Little endian MIPS architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge2_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 272134 81118a6ab19eddd16ce6515e0df5c92c PowerPC architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge2_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 246446 a6baff85c203fd278a22faa24c4454db IBM S/390 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge2_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 247336 e314c894f57ff3de0d040f1686d3037f Sun Sparc architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge2_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 248034 4ae6cbc287bae15326b5966fee545fe7 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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> - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGAvRnXm3vHE4uyloRAvToAKDBbCqVFaV6YfELF8Dtoce+QDOFDQCcDv7a 9xIsatwf1nJUprKaO2FfYao= =Z5cp - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. 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