Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1443-1 tcpreen -- buffer overflows

Date Reported:
03 Jan 2008
Affected Packages:
tcpreen
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-6562.
More information:

It was discovered that several buffer overflows in tcpreen, a tool for monitoring a TCP connection, may lead to denial of service.

The old stable distribution (sarge) doesn't contain tcpreen.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.3-0.1etch1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.3-0.3.

We recommend that you upgrade your tcpreen package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (stable)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpreen/tcpreen_1.4.3-0.1etch1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpreen/tcpreen_1.4.3.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpreen/tcpreen_1.4.3-0.1etch1.diff.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpreen/tcpreen_1.4.3-0.1etch1_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpreen/tcpreen_1.4.3-0.1etch1_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpreen/tcpreen_1.4.3-0.1etch1_arm.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpreen/tcpreen_1.4.3-0.1etch1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpreen/tcpreen_1.4.3-0.1etch1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpreen/tcpreen_1.4.3-0.1etch1_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpreen/tcpreen_1.4.3-0.1etch1_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpreen/tcpreen_1.4.3-0.1etch1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpreen/tcpreen_1.4.3-0.1etch1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpreen/tcpreen_1.4.3-0.1etch1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tcpreen/tcpreen_1.4.3-0.1etch1_sparc.deb

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