DSA-1353-1 tcpdump -- integer overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1353-1 tcpdump -- integer overflow

Date Reported:

11 Aug 2007

Affected Packages:

tcpdump

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-3798.

More information:

It was discovered that an integer overflow in the BGP dissector of tcpdump, a powerful tool for network monitoring and data acquisition, may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 3.8.3-5sarge3.

For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 3.9.5-2etch4.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.9.5-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your tcpdump package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge3.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge3.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge3_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge3_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge3_arm.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge3_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge3_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge3_ia64.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge3_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge3_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge3_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge3_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge3_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge3_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch4.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch4.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch4_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch4_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch4_arm.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch4_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch4_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch4_ia64.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch4_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch4_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch4_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch4_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.