Debian Security Advisory
DSA-261-1 tcpdump -- infinite loop
- Date Reported:
- 14 Mar 2003
- Affected Packages:
- tcpdump
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 7090.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2003-0093, CVE-2003-0145. - More information:
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A problem has been discovered in tcpdump, a powerful tool for network monitoring and data acquisition. An attacker is able to send a specially crafted RADIUS network packet which causes tcpdump to enter an infinite loop.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.6.2-2.4.
The old stable distribution (potato) does not seem to be affected by this problem.
The unstable distribution (sid) is not affected by this problem anymore.
We recommend that you upgrade your tcpdump package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.6.2-2.4.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.6.2-2.4.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.6.2.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.6.2-2.4.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.6.2-2.4_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.6.2-2.4_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.6.2-2.4_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.6.2-2.4_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.6.2-2.4_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.6.2-2.4_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.6.2-2.4_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.6.2-2.4_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.6.2-2.4_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.6.2-2.4_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.6.2-2.4_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.