Debian: New tcpdump packages fix arbitrary code execution
Summary
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 1353-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff August 11th, 2007 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package : tcpdump Vulnerability : integer overflow Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2007-3798 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 3.9.5-2etch1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.9.5-3. 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: Size/MD5 checksum: 666 e32b72a8df4e27d5006154677c7b097b Size/MD5 checksum: 12704 0e326644d730276bb4b815d9f37345d9 Size/MD5 checksum: 567116 30645001f4b97019677cad88d3811904 Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 300756 54ea3bbd5aa02d32d85c3d8faec2f549 AMD64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 256668 8139017aeae727217aef01f3d49b1f34 ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 250676 415be1aa1ecd70dcdb2ca2b34f090ef5 HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 271786 102e5c7cc4fbe33fe4e7a8d73e2f6ff5 Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 238936 1d457b74f3c451d3386c0011c5d3d401 Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 352630 f2b0e63005ae8d91e167e1d922d3ed63 Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 216930 f369e13bd8ea6461bc4cc773bcca2bed Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 259606 e9de1c9d78d968b670cb928008526d6b Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 272276 e46bc79da49148f51bd33e75571629e3 PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 246564 4e9d753a878b422335ae6c2d9b9f16ff IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 247366 5ada5e66c61bdc642efad9a13feec449 Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 248204 61e64e1e06f9fec8f3bb55b9d49740ce Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch - ------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 624 f1cb312ffc30a5f23e3b9441f1dc9816 Size/MD5 checksum: 11790 b142686b5c398d103060bf1c19640062 Size/MD5 checksum: 712411 2135e7b1f09af0eaf66d2af822bed44a Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 361418 7d417c516560ae3f491e2a69a2e92852 AMD64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 315696 85ab047b978272390e321f7b82b78a54 ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 318102 850c71edf0435220ca82a79bdede55c3 HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 334214 36e5e7720c0be0c0c65781478e690e58 Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 302930 8ca411b3fd819e1128aaf9cfd9e9b236 Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 444780 a9d5ef9956acc9faa8d4ad239f11a212 Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 333760 7d6136acde3c46d6e4ed842d73f79e2d PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 304530 f0711d43c19850fd71a357f063271343 IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 303136 95410cd0a68d9951257512962809cf84 Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 309198 4e9f05bce4eee5d56bc57564ea8f79cb 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: dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org