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 3.9.5-2etch1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.9.5-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your tcpdump package.
- 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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.8.3-5sarge3.diff.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_3.9.5-2etch1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch1_arm.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch1_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch1_ia64.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpdump/tcpdump_3.9.5-2etch1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.