Several vulnerabilities have been
discovered in tcpdump, a command-line network traffic analyzer. These
vulnerabilities might result in denial of service, leaking sensitive information
from memory or, potentially, execution of arbitrary code.
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_3086.nasl 6663 2017-07-11 09:58:05Z teissa $
# Auto-generated from advisory DSA 3086-1 using nvtgen 1.0
# Script version: 1.0
#
# Author:
# Greenbone Networks
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2014 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
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if(description)
{
script_id(703086);
script_version("$Revision: 6663 $");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-8767", "CVE-2014-8769", "CVE-2014-9140");
script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 3086-1 (tcpdump - security update)");
script_tag(name: "last_modification", value: "$Date: 2017-07-11 11:58:05 +0200 (Tue, 11 Jul 2017) $");
script_tag(name: "creation_date", value: "2014-12-03 00:00:00 +0100 (Wed, 03 Dec 2014)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.4");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P");
script_tag(name: "solution_type", value: "VendorFix");
script_xref(name: "URL", value: "http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3086.html");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2014 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
script_tag(name: "affected", value: "tcpdump on Debian Linux");
script_tag(name: "insight", value: "This program allows you to dump
the traffic on a network. tcpdump is able to examine IPv4, ICMPv4, IPv6, ICMPv6,
UDP, TCP, SNMP, AFS BGP, RIP, PIM, DVMRP, IGMP, SMB, OSPF, NFS and many other
packet types.");
script_tag(name: "solution", value: "For the stable distribution (wheezy),
these problems have been fixed in version 4.3.0-1+deb7u1.
For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been
fixed in version 4.6.2-3.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 4.6.2-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your tcpdump packages.");
script_tag(name: "summary", value: "Several vulnerabilities have been
discovered in tcpdump, a command-line network traffic analyzer. These
vulnerabilities might result in denial of service, leaking sensitive information
from memory or, potentially, execution of arbitrary code.");
script_tag(name: "vuldetect", value: "This check tests the installed software
version using the apt package manager.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"tcpdump", ver:"4.3.0-1+deb7u1", rls_regex:"DEB7.[0-9]")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}