Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200505-06 (tcpdump) mentions a flaw in the decoding of network packets, making TCPDump vulnerable to a remote Denial of Service attack. Users are advised to upgrade to version 3.8.3-r3 or later
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 74 |
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![]() | TCPDump: Decoding routines Denial of Service vulnerability | 9 May 200500:00 | – | gentoo |
![]() | FreeBSD Ports: tcpdump | 4 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200505-06 (tcpdump) | 24 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | FreeBSD Ports: tcpdump | 4 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | SLES9: Security update for tcpdump | 10 Oct 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | SLES9: Security update for tcpdump | 10 Oct 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-850-1) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Debian Security Advisory DSA 850-1 (tcpdump) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-05:10.tcpdump.asc) | 4 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Slackware Advisory SSA:2005-195-10 tcpdump DoS | 11 Sep 201200:00 | – | openvas |
Source | Link |
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securityspace | www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html |
bugs | www.bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi |
bugs | www.bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc.
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.54938");
script_version("2023-07-14T16:09:26+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-14 16:09:26 +0000 (Fri, 14 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-09-24 21:14:03 +0200 (Wed, 24 Sep 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-1267", "CVE-2005-1278", "CVE-2005-1279", "CVE-2005-1280");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_name("Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200505-06 (tcpdump)");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200505-06");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90541");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=95349");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
script_family("Gentoo Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/gentoo", "ssh/login/pkg");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A flaw in the decoding of network packets renders TCPDump vulnerable to a
remote Denial of Service attack.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"All TCPDump users should upgrade to the latest available version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-analyzer/tcpdump-3.8.3-r3'");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200505-06.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("pkg-lib-gentoo.inc");
include("revisions-lib.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
report = "";
if ((res = ispkgvuln(pkg:"net-analyzer/tcpdump", unaffected: make_list("ge 3.8.3-r3"), vulnerable: make_list("lt 3.8.3-r3"))) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
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